Darwin Central Hotel (Studio)

... br>The Aboriginals have also provided one solution to my nutritional needs as well. Have you ever seen those shows where the fools eat just about anything while you are sitting in your living room succumbing to a wave of nausea watching? I tried something today that just might make one of those shows. Some interesting ants roam these areas but they aren't just any ole ants. They have a swollen green butt the size of the round thing on ...

... 3rd largest town on the NT. The most interesting things about Katherine the town itself would be a) no McDonalds and b) the alcohol laws. We drink cask wine because we can’t afford more, I am not ashamed. In Katherine you can only buy a 2L cask between 2pm-6pm, only one cask per person per day, and ID has to be scanned with any grog purchase so you can’t nip down the road to the next booze house and buy more. We ...

... for work, not helped by the fact that there is not much brokerage work around here at all and a lot of it is done by the southern offices of the companies. So keep praying something will come up soon that will not only keep me off the streets but also something I am interested in and enjoy.

... loc*ted on * high floor with views out over the h*rbour. It w*s such * luxury h*ving four solid w*lls, c*rpet, *ir-con *nd * b*th! Nico cert*inly h*d fun flicking through the ch*nnels on our wide screen TV - the things you t*ke for gr*nted! We even c*lled down to room service to request two b*throbes *nd slippers so th*t we could re*lly lounge *round in luxury!
After * long session in the b*throom, we decided to hit * few b*rs before going ...

... work harder to make myself unapproachable, but a little Gas goes a long way. That and the fact that I passed out while listening to my ipod and woke up to myself singing along with none other than French band Air's "Sexy Boy" with a Beethoven (the dog not composer) - esque drool patch on my shoulder was enough to deter event the most determined of pesterers. So I got two seats on the bus up. It was sweet. Gas has also made appearances at hostels when annoying ...

... is tropical.  The weather only varies from 30 – 34 the whole year around and of course the Australian winter is the dry season and the most pleasant especially for visitors.  The Australian summer is the wet season which means from Dec to early March, Darwin experiences a daily ritual of sunny mornings and afternoon showers which brings the landscape back to life.  It is however lovely to see green lawns again after the dust and scrub of the centre. Apparently there are some ...

G'd*y *ll,
After * nice lunch by the pool we w*lked *round the m*in he*rt of D*rwin the city is meg* tourist thriving *re* n*tion*lities from *ll over the world *ll looking for th*t one spot to s*y yes i s*w * crocodile . we went *nd h*d dinner *t * f*ke Irish pub c*lled shen*****ns *nd i ordered the deep ...

... brachten mich auch gleich meine Green Island Bekanntschaften gleich hinueber ins Hospital. Doch was sich mir nun offenbarte, war der reinste Horror. Wir ihr ja alle wisst, lautet das australische Lebensmotto: "No Worries". Doch bloederweise uebertragen sie dieses auch in ihr Gesundheitswesen. Das heisst ich wurde erst einmal 8 Stunden nicht behandelt. Als so gegen 5 Uhr morgens dann endlich die letzte Abourigineschnapsleiche versorgt wurde, kam ich ...

... spectacular. Such big country. After a couple of more nights at Kakadu Aurora caravan park, we decided we'd done enough of Kakadu. Any more trips would require much more dirt driving on apparently rough roads, and we’d had enough of dirt for a while, so we decided to move on.

M was keen to go to 'Shady Camp' (the Gall brothers went there) but I wasn't too excited about the prospect. More dirt, mossies, no swimming... we were running out of ...

... the hangar. With interesting movies of World War II and explanations of the various types of planes on display, including the remains of a crashed Japanese Zero, the center is a fabulous tribute to the veterans of that war.

The last stop was a favorite or ours, a tour of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. It was a uniquely designed building filled ...