Quest Apartments Darwin

... open. Oh my gosh. The zipper has broken - sort of. Turns out it is a "self healing" zipper and when I took the locks and moved them back around to the other side, the zipper closed. My suitcase stayed closed for the ride to the hotel but it is now damaged goods and untrustworthy. The zipper started coming apart once already tonight in the hotel.<br> Dang, going to have to spend some time today chasing ...

... than the one I had in New Zealand but smaller and easier to manouevre. It was cheaper than comparable sized vans from other companies but not sure that it was much cheaper than my last so value for money wise &#8211; the Kiwis have it! Didn&#8217;t go too far out of Darwin on day one, taking time to sort out van and if any problems I could easily get back to base. The fact that it was so old and with almost 490,000 km on the clock and that I would be heading out into the ...

... to see "A Child and A Fox" at the open air Deckchair cinemas. This was quite an experience as just before the film started we had a tropical downpour - apparently the first time Darwin had rained for a while. Luckily up here if you are wet you can wait awhile and you will dry off. <br><br><br>Thursday<br> <br>Before heading off on the next leg of the journey, we needed to restock so off we went to Casuarina Shopping Centre. This was quite an ...

We have arrived in Darwin at the beginning of the build up. Hot and humid is the order of the day.<br>We are staying at the Robbie Robins Reserve which is the home of the Darwin Polo club and Berrimah Pony Club and Rodeo ground. <br>There are lots of pony club activities (next door) at the weekend.<br>The Polo club has about 4 meeting per year, and they do not use the ground during this hot humid time.<br>There was a rodeo on mid September which we went too ...

... really big and scary. If I was in those planes I would be scared. After the wave pool we went to the Wharf and had dinner there. There were some US Navy Ships there. They were really big. One night we went to the Mindil Beach Sunset Market. It was the best market I have been to. We also had dinner there and watched the sunset on the beach. Had a lovely time in Darwin!

... so we couldnt join in. We sat and watched for about 5 mins but it isnt much fun watching a bunch of people dancing to what looks like imaginary music so off we went to The Vic - the main backpacker haunt where we danced the rest of the night away. Since I had a full on day on Friday, Saturday was my chill out day before setting off on my Kakadu NP trip so I just spent the day chilling out at the Lagoon. <br>Another early start for Kakadu (the sun hadnt even come up this ...

... Jessica was taken from me. Jessica was my bright orange Specialized Hard Rock 2009. She was beautiful. All I have left is a velcro strap from the broken lock, where she was last seen. I sometimes sleep with it, in a platonic way, because velcro is in no way sensual.<br> I felt like Margs was ******** on me, but I don't think it was. I reckon I was just being emotional, as I sometimes do. I left town on the bust that leaves at 6.55 am, and a friend washed my ...

... to sleep outside in 'swags' which is wrapped around you and you have a small matress' fitted in and you sleep in your sleeping bag - best to see the pictures to understand. However that was really cool as you could fall asleep under the stars, not so great in the morning being woken up absolutely freezing cold - but worth it now! Then we headed down to Alice Springs!<br><br>Next blog soon<br><br>Take care and loads of love<br><br>Suz xxx

... 8217;s race and Tom in the under 5&#8217;s. They had so much fun and it was a hoot watching them in their first running races. It was a very warm day on the beach so after that we stripped off and enjoyed a swim and a cold beer (water for the kids!). The lifeguards were patrolling but I don&#8217;t really want to think for what! After our swim we came across an area for kids with face-painting, jumping castle, all types of craft and play ...

It was a great moment when Crash turned up at the apartment with the Surf on the back of a truck! We really need to thank the two Steves at Cargoclear and Cargo-online for their efforts in getting the truck cleared and to save so much time by delivering it straight to us, instead of to the depot. It really saved the day, so thanks very very much. We could not have made it otherwise. Crash got a big hug from Susie for waiting at the AQIS queue for ages whilst the ...