Globetrotters Lodge & Bar Darwin

... of the outback. These weren't the green and red nastiness found at our grocery stores. No, these were some sort of orange colored nectary goodness and I ended using a pocket knife to cut and eat three they were so good. Just imagine some sweet sugary like fruit all over your tongue. Even better than an ant butt, huh? Probably more socially acceptable, too. An Australian lady told me to go easy though because in her own words ...

... hatte. Obwohl es mit der Mitchell Street hauptsaechlich nur eine Strasse mit Lokalen gibt waren wir sehr positiv ueberrascht wie viel in der doch recht kleinen Stadt spaetabends los ist und wir genossen das fortgehen eigentlich mehr als in Sydney.

Nach dem Wochende unter Menschen waren wir wieder bereit uns in die "Wildniss" im Litchfield Nationalpark zu begeben.

... Leah fully revived fron her cat nap in the car, wanted to climb every rock, and Mark badly needing a sleep, and behaving like a bored teenager wanted to get back to the car! It was good to see as it is seemingly one of the more accessable ones to get too!

The last thing to see was Florence falls, and with a little bribary we managed to talk the kids into one last thing to see, so down the 163 steps we went and into the very cool water it was lovely even if we were ...

... Esplanade and visited the wharf to check out the boats especially the restored pearl luggers that take passengers out on sunset cruises.  We had a lovely fish and chip lunch of locally caught barramundi at the wharf (although Steve developed a funny tummy after so not sure if that related to the lunch but it was lovely at the time). We then went on to visit Cullen Bay Marina which was gorgeous before heading off to the legendary Mindil Beach market where you can seemingly get every type ...

John and I have been checking out Darwin over the last few days and we really like it. Its easy to get around and has a really multicultural aspect. Yesterday we checked out the city and a few of the sites (parliament house, the mall, the beaches and the harbour).

Today we went for a swim in the wave pool that is in the middle of Darwin on the harbour. They also have a little beach (which is just part of the harbour with some sand but ...

... denn zu Hause kann man dich au net gleich operieren und Meniskus ist au net dringlich. So kam mir die Idee: Hey ich koennt doch nochmal nach Singapore fliegen fuer ein paar Tage. Gesagt getan. Ich funkte Kirsten an und (wie genial ist dass denn) sie meinte ich koenne gerne kommen und bei ihnen wohnen. VIELEN VIELEN DANK!!! Da mein Flieger jedoch erst am Montag ging, hatte ich noch 5 Tage in Darwin uebrig. Zeit um etwas in der Stadt rumzuhumpeln (Darwin ist ...

... so we got there just in time to be the last trailer or van let in to the showgrounds campsite & we set up to get ready for the races (right in front of our sites!) the next day. That was a lot of fun with many colourful characters, many bottles of champagne and many laughs. Unfortunately, not many wins! After the race day, we spent a couple of days just chilling in the area and exploring the history (lots of war memorabilia) before finally heading into ...