Darwin Campgrounds - Reviews and Rates

We are back in Australia. Hard to believe after 3 1/2 months away. Arrived in Darwin at 8am and it looked beautiful. Graeme and a few others had luggage to organize through customs and then to get it picked up by Greyhound Freight. The ship has done absolutely nothing to help any of us get excess baggage home so everyone has worked together and ...

We sleep in really late i could have gone on forever if Nic hadn't had woken m, it's really hot today after last nights heavy rainstorm which typical of us coincides with a long walk. Walking through Darwin it's noticeable how everything is so much more chilled out with none of the hussle and bussle of Asia, whether I'll enjoy this feeling more ...

We arrived in Darwin at the middle of the rainy season - bit of an oversight on our planning, but the locals seemed to think it was because we liked the rain being Welsh!!!!! The rain, when it came, was unbeliveable - everything just stopped it was so torrential, but it seemed to disappear as quickly as it arrived!! Throughout the week in Darwin...

The massive Kakadu national park is in the Arnheim wet-lands just south-west of Darwin, this region of Australia is known as "The top end" for obvious reasons. Kakadu has some of the most varied wildlife on the continent which includes big salt water crocs and over half the countries bird species. Fist stop today was the Yellow river and it's ma...

Decided to be different and not go straight to Sydney but instead to Darwin in the Northern Territory easing us back into civilisation gradually. Arrived in Darwin at around five in the morning and took around an hour to go through customs. Had to declare Pez sweets to see if they were okay to bring into the country as Australia has pretty stric...

Just as they were setting up the Mindil Markets yesterday afternoon the heavens opened for the first time this season! People just kept walking around as usual getting drenched but the authorities closed it down because of the risk with electricity. I guess that means the end of all the markets that were planned over the weekend etc. Thoroughly ...

So, I am now in Darwin, in an internet cafe, completely satisfied with my last few days! You'd think there isn't anything much worse than bussing it from Cairns all the way across to Darwin, which is about 30 hours worth of driving, but you would be wrong! Day one, the bus picked us up at some ridiculous hour, I was mortified, but whatever! We g...

Walked to Lake Alexander yesterday and spent there all day... Beautiful saltwater lake, lots of shaded spots to stretch out and read, and wonderful swimming. Watch out under the palmtrees, they like to knock you down with the wooden end of their leaves and they take good aim as well. :o) Experienced Mindil Beach Market at its best last Thursday ...

Hi Well I arrived here on Sunday night around 8pm and managed to get something to eat before the restaurant in my hotel closed at 930. Monday is a bank holiday here for the Queens Birthday, so a day of soaking up the rays in 32 degrees and a breeze and thankfully not humid really - great. Monday - As this was a bank holiday, there wasn't much ha...

Two things we couldn't help but learn about Darwin - because information about them is repeated everywhere you go thus constantly reinforcing the message - is that the town is the only part of mainland Australia ever to have been under prolonged attack (WWII, 1942) and that in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974 the place was ripped up by Cycl...