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Darwin Slideshow
Darwin
Travel Blogs from Darwin, Australia
Darwin
... (jail), more Aussie history! Once we got back into town we wandered around a bit and learned about Typhoon Tracy which struck Darwin Christmas Eve 1974, pretty much leveling the place. That evening we had a delicious seafood dinner on the wharf and got ...
Cyclone season!
... ... The further North we got, the greener did the scenery around us get. Now it looked like proper Crocodile Dundee territory! Darwin itself felt very provincial - there was not much to do at all. Even swimming at the beaches was not allowed, due to ...
Crocodile country
... Mindil Beach market. It's a cross between a new age market, a food fair, and a didgeredoo competition. When I first came to Australia the "didge" didn't rate too highly in my favorite list of instruments. I thought the worst 3-piece band in the world ...
Day FORTY
... one at 5.1m and nearly 500kg!! We had lunch at the museum café which I thought was the best meal I had had in Darwin - barramundi lightly battered with chips yum. After lunch we went back to the caravan park and had a refreshing swim, then took ...
In a Land Down Under
... ... but no: "No worries!" he reassured me, "You got 3 months! Enjoy it! Have a great time!" Welcome to Australia! Unfortunately it was after midnight when the supercheap Tiger Airways flight from Singapore touched down in Darwin so I saw little ...
Driving across the Australian desert
... would take care of you...or finish you! As we have probably been complaining too much about the cold temperature in South Australia, we've been receiving the heat back...with the interests! When you get off the car in the Australian desert you always ...
Return to a "normal life"
Now I live in the J wing ! This wing has large kitchens and it is very close to the swimming-pool ! ;-) NO Brice ! I am not in vacation ...
Cheers to Aussie...On to Bali
... got onto the air conditioned bus. I have never been more in favor of going to an enclosed shopping mall. Bali will be easy after Darwin. cs Well, it has now been two months since we took off from Seattle and time now for a bit of reflection. We ...
The top End - Darwin
... wieder mit Lebensmitteln fuer die Weiterreise eindecken. Wie so ziemlich alle bis auf die ganz grossen Staedte hat Darwin nicht allzuviel an Sehenswuerdigkeiten zu bieten und ein 30 minuetiger Rundgang durchs Zentrum beinhaltete eigentlich alle. Dennoch ...
Spowici dymem czekamy na slonce
... w dodatku wiejacy w naszym kierunku? Dziasiaj tez przeliczylismy dalej nasza wyprawe I wyszlo nam, ze mozemy jeszcze zostac przez tydzien w Darwin. Ustalilismy tez, ze chcemy jechac w bardziej dzikie rejonu Kakadu I nie trzec sie dupa o dupe z turystami z ...
Cyclone Watch !
Today I have to pack all my stuff ! Why ? ! A cyclone of course ! The weather forecaster plan that the cyclone will reach Darwin tomorrow morning ! Fot the moment the intensity of the cyclone is 5 ( the maximum ) but if they are right it will lose speed ...
Land Down Under
... The hostel is fairly small and straight away we're treated to free pancakes for breakfast! We've managed to bring the rain with us to Australia so we sit around in the hostel and catch up on sleep unitl the rain gives way a bit and we wlak into Darwin. ...
The Top End
... for the food. We also saw White Bellied Eagles and flocks of the Kites. Its amazing how many Kites there are in the North of Australia, they seem to replace Seagulls up here and you see them in flocks of more than a dozen at a time but they are big ...
Pinakolada i cywilizacja smakuja wybornie!
... ). Udalo nam sie w koncu znalezc bardzo ladne miejsce z 3 basenami I dmuchana poducha do skakania dla dzieci (Nellki ulubiona). W Darwin chcemy zostac przez 10 dni. Dzien zakonczylismy wyjsciem do miasta na obiad, a ja dostalam od Mariana moja ulubiona ...
Going home
... and we headed towards the airport at 1pm, ready to go back to our friends and loved ones and leave the lovely tropical heat of Darwin. To our coach Sanda and our Manager Glenys, many thanks from the Ole 55s. A special hello to Pat Ellis, who sat on ...
When did Australia get so expensive
... to snap a photo of out the bus window. Still Australia is a good place and we love visiting and always have a good time when we are here. We'll start making some ...
Crocodiles, jelly fish and bugs!
... park card we have we got a double upgrade and 10% off - bargain! We climbed (literally) in and set off to central Darwin and checked into our accomodation. Claire had found a hot deal on the internet for a two bed apartment which had full kitchen and own ...
Territory Wildlife Park and back to Darwin
... 4ft Saltwater crocodile, lots of birds of prey , some water buffalo and a nocturnal house. We spend a good 4 hours there and then we drove back into Darwin, to check back into the hostel for the night, so we could return the car first thing in the ...
Kakadu Dreamtime
BOOM! Lets get straight to it, shall we? I could tell you that several faulty new ovens around Australia have been exploding after a few months of use, often catapulting glass across kitchens, or that the energy companies here are basically making ...
Day 3
Third game was on Saturday night at 4pm against NSW. We knew it would be hard - and it was. They were fast, strong and determined. We held them out till half-time despite numerous short corners but in the second half, we were overrun by a younger, faster ...
2 weeks in Darwin
We arrived in Darwin last Thursday having booked into the Shady Glen Caravan Park for 2 weeks with the possiblity of extension if we found work. Unfortunately the hopes we had for the corrrections job were dashed - budget restrictions, so nothing there. ...
Krokodyle- pokurczone dinozaury
... wstrzasajacych- np. Zegarek wyjety z wnetrznosci zlapanego gada…. No I na koniec informacja, ze co roku z bliskich okolic Darwin wylawiane jest 200 krokodyli I odstawianych w bardziej odlegle rejony (krokodyle sa pod scisla ochrona)- no to teraz juz ...
Going Troppo!
... the game'. Once through, I caught the airport shuttle bus to the YHA in town and fell straight to sleep. Darwin is the most northern city in Australia and like the rest of the Northern Territory it has a very high indigenous population. It was also ...
Darwin
Well we arrived in Darwin at 1am to a blanket of heat and humidity. It's a lot smaller than we were expecting but we had some fun. Our hostel was a YWCA with a swimming pool (we couldnt see the bottom but we swam in it anyway, joking about crocs then ...
Via Kakadu and back to civilisation
A long weekend in Kakadu and back to Darwin so you can see all our piccys ...
The Long Road Home - Darwin to Busselton
... me tell you, there is no better way to discover your own country than through the eyes of a foreigner! After being trapped in Darwin with cyclone Carlos for a week, we juiced up Noam’s Nissan Patrol with veggie oil, picked up 2 French backpackers ...
Darwin - the top end
... of them remaining. I really spent this day relaxing around town and back in my hotel. I saw a fantastic sunset - as all Darwin sunsets are apparently - full sun going down on the horizon of the sea at Mingle beach. Tuesday - A day trip to ...
Our first adventure tour
We got picked up by the adventure tour company for our trip into Kakadu national park. Our first stop was at an Aboriginal culture center. Some interesting facts... 1. It takes a year to make a dillibag on average, but up to 17 ...