Barramundi Lodge Darwin

We all know that I travel - a lot. Thus I use a lot of travel products. Some are the usual that you would expect - travel size cosmetics and bathroom supplies, a suitcase, money belts, etc. Others are not so typical but for whatever reason it sounded like a good idea so I'm traveling with it. My travel stuff gets a very hard workout. This year alone, I have gone through three suitcases. Usually a suitcase ...

... over 4 hours later we arrived in Darwin. The station was well out of town and surprisingly given the size of the train there weren’t that many taxis/shuttles around. After such a long journey I just wanted to get to my hotel, have a long shower and relax so having to wait was annoying. The hotel I had booked on internet was in a really good central location, not that I went out again that night – shattered by travel and the heat.

So what next? I was now in ...

... pin that the Aboriginals lick. Yes, they lick ant butts. Stay with me here...

The process is multistep but quite simple even for the average American underexposed to such Aboriginal delicacies. First, walk up to a line of these things that are just minding their own business. Now nab one with your thumb and forefinger but don't worry as they do not bite. Make sure its green behind is exposed between the fingers and lower it ...

... were all painted up in different traditional ways depending on their tribe. The dances themselves only last about 20 seconds each and consist of lots of foot stamping, whooping and pulling faces! The dances had titles like ‘The Hunting Dance’ or ‘The Canoeing Dance’. You can imagine how each dance went! They became more and more obscure until we got to the ‘Bombing of Darwin’ which involved flying around and dropping bombs! Strange but amazing to see though!

... went to the Wave Lagoon which was right on the harbour. The waves got really big and you got dunked if you weren't careful. Jack, Harry and I swam under the waves. It was loads of fun! The military Museum was also interesting. You could see live coverage of the Darwin Bommings. The museum was located right on the coast were some big land guns were. All the equipment ...

... with quirky stalls, people playing didj music and lots of food and clothes. I could have spent a lot of money here but I was good and just bought my dinner (although now I cant stop thinking about a lovely dress I very almost bought-damn it!). The next day I was booked onto a day trip to Litchfield National Park. It was an early pick up but that was something I would have to get used to over the next couple of weeks! Our first stop was on the Adelaide River for the ...

... singing along to the radio at all times, which we duly did, and Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ became a favourite, and Jack would chat to us about the greatness that is The Red Hot Chillie Peppers. Every so often during the day we would wash down the boat of all the fish remains and bad pearl meat and watch the assortment of fish and shark that would come to the surface for their daily afternoon feast. This in turn led to me and chlo’ ...

... but it looked like it was wearing yellow goggles, as it had yellow circles framing its eyes! They also had a lovely shady grassed area where we were tempted to light a fire under the BBQ's to get them going, but decided to use the campsite's facilities. Back on site we met Nick & Daniella, who were a couple from Yorkshire who had cycled all the way from Brisbane to Darwin, and were now heading ...

... worse places! However the next morning i woke up freezing cold, so not a happy bunny.

We then went Kakadu which is the size of Israel they are not your average National park! We went to a place called Ubirr which had loads of Aberigional artwork and we climed up to the top of these rocks and the view was amazing, such a beautiful place. After that it was swimming at Maguk and this was gorgeous such a wicked place on the middle of ...

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11/07/01
Darwin

Well we got straight into our favourite pastime on our first day in Darwin. EATING! It's Sunday and there is an awesome Asian food and fresh produce market on in Rush Creek. We literally eat ourselves stupid as the offerings are diverse and it’s impossible to make a decision! The kids enjoy the usual pork buns, dim sims and sweet & savoury popcorn, I go for some Indonesian peanut, lime and chilli ...