Hotel Darwin Airport Resort

Its 37 degrees !! (arrived at 1am ... it was 27 degrees ) Will update soon, having a wander around today, the only thing I know about darwin at the moment is that there is a starcity casino and a deckchair cinema that inspired Baz Luhrmann last year .. ! oh and that its only small and super hot. Got an amazing view from our room ... = )

Day 11 and 12 Kim woke up at 4am unable to sleep so she started cleaning. I got up at 5:30 to join her. Eventually we got packed and cleaned up and decided to clean the outside of the van to hide the evidence that we had been off-road. We had a nice moment at Howard Springs Park. We had gone there hoping to swim but it was closed (don't go near Kakadu during the Wet). However the pool had turtles and barramundi. We had never seen barramundi before and now we knew what the big deal was. These ...

After four months, which to us has felt like a life time (our own decision of course) we are finally leaving Darwin and Australia hurray!! Maybe one day we're be back to do Western Australia, maybe not, who knows!? We have certainly been experiencing a mixture of emotions, especially with such a sour ending with the van, poor old girl! We can't quite believe how quickly our year 'down under' has slipped away - this day has suddenly just crept up on us! This country is just far too big, a year...

Flight left Adelaide half an hour late & arrived safely in Darwin. Our first we spent touring the city & Mindle Beach Market. It was awesome with foods all over the globe with a fantastic sunset to top off a great day.

Our second day Litchfield National Park, swimming in the waterfalls and natural springs with free natural spa.
After full day of swimming we filled our tummies with a buffet diner at the casino and tested Chauey's luck at the tables & she won of course ...

The Airport Resort was expecting us thankfully despite it being 5.30 am. We makde our way to our family room, made a coffee and crashed out for a few hours. We woke up at midday and headed into Darwin. We enjoyed a nice lunch at Stokes Hill Wharf before walking into the city area and hiring a car. After purchasing supplies we headed back to the hotel where the children enjoyed a good swim and Rod and I sipped iced drinks on the poolside. In the evening we enjoyed a nice dinner at the hotel an...

This morning we are packed up and moving out of the Airport Resort. We are quite sad to leave Darwin and its spread out laid back lifestyle. I fear we have been somewhat spoilt in this resort too. We head off to pick up our Maui camper van - the newest fleets in Australia, all I can say is i'm glad we didn't get an old one!! We drove away from Darwin in our camper feeling quite down. The engine roars like a dog, the door doesn't lock properly and it is just somewhat very basic, I had had bett...