Gecko Lodge Darwin
146 Michell Street Darwin, Top End, Northern Territory, 0800, Australia
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Darwin, Top End
Darwin, the Top End, winner of the strongly contended "Most Remote Sweaty City" award 2007. By God it's hot! It's the wet season, so the atmosphere is also thick with perspiration. It hasn't actually been that rainy so far, touch rainforest, although we've seen some spectacular downpours in the early evenings, where the heavens open and the roads …
Sightseeing
Heute morgen bin ich in Melbourne gelandet und nach einer Ewigkeit endlich im Hostel angekommen. Hier ist es aehnlich familiaer wie in der Gecko Lodge in Darwin. Erstmal musste ich etwas Schlaf nachholen, aber dann bin ich durch die halbe Innenstadt gelaufen. Melbourne erinnert mich stark an Paris oder Rom, weil die Menschen hier sehr freundlich …
Land Down Under
Flying into Darwin there's a load of turbulence and looking out the window we can see the sky being lit up with lightening which looks really cool being above the clouds. Once we've made it through immigration, which involved turning out our bags to declare 8 teabags, a bar of chocolate and a cereal bar, we collapse in chairs and prepare to wait …
Ooop North
We arrived at Gecko Lodge in Darwin quite late in the evening on 9th October. We were not very impressed with our backpacker lodge as it was dirty and disgusting, but we were so tired we just went to sleep. First thing to do the next morning was leave and find somewhere else to sleep. I was not looking forward to what could be a very long walk with …
Destination Darwin
Our last leg of the road trip ended today when we drove the relatively short distance from Litchfield National Park north to Darwin. The mood in the car was a little quiet as we knew arriving in Darwin would signify the end of a fantastic journey together. We listened to "Get Born" by Jet one last time, which we've adopted as our driving album ( …



