Mantra Pandanas Darwin

... though so it's like the countdown to Christmas. By the way, cooler is relative since anything above ninety is about right for each month's average temperature. I suppose skin seasoned to these elements can discern a difference between 101 with humidity versus cooler 95 with humidity.

The city itself is not much to look at it since surprise Japanese air raids completely destroyed it during WWII and then Cyclone Tracy repeated the process in December ...

... a dip in the beautiful, natural swimming holes. We spent that night at Tumbling Waters where we decided to go fishing after the locals told us it was a good area to fish in. We put a couple of bait traps in the billabong that evening and the next morning we were hoping to have some live prawns to use as bait. After checking our bait traps, we were pleasantly surprised to find one live prawn, but also a nice size barramundi had its head and ...

... and the counselors were over the moon and told every one it was a bargain the circus saved 8,000 dollars and the councilors got tickets to the value of 850 dollars i reckon thats a fair exchange in any ones eyes hey and they wondered why the headlines the next day said who are the clowns now.

We then went and saw the remains of the post office and old town hall from the destruction of cyclone Tracy wow now that was some wind the wind guage at the old airport ...

... so whatever it is I am doing wrong hopefully will be fairly easily rectified – I find it’s a bit like learning to drive a car – I think I know all the things I have to remember to do but I just can’t put it all together!

Sunday 2nd Aug

Yesterday we completed another sightseeing day in and around Darwin.  We started off at the Parap Street Market, which I really liked (better than Mindil Beach market I think). Parap is a suburb of Darwin ...

... free shot and cheap discounted drinks. Not sure exactly how many I had (as many nights to come) however I know as I was leaving I tripped on some really really cute guy, and was too out of it to stay and chat with him. A group of us re-introduced ourselves on the walk back to the hotel, hopefully to remember names come the next morning. Even though I didn't know everyone's name, I felt like I had known these guys for years, yet it hasn't even been 24 hours yet!

... another first! Sue was accompanying her parents home after they had travelled to Darwin on the Ghan, she had been in Darwin for a week.

Soon it was time to welcome Neaka and the boys, the kids waited expectantly at the exit doors and practically bowled her and Kynan over with enthusiasm. I stood back a little teary; I hadn’t seen them in such a long time.

Sentiment was quickly set aside when I realised what a gigantic task ...

... 8211; something *kin to the Curry Night. But *fter the frivolities from the previous night, no-one w*s *ble to fin*lise or bring themselves to sit *round *n oven cooking in the he*t.

We did however *rr*nge to throw * BBQ together, m*de s*l*ds *nd * c*ke. It w*s t*sty but not * smidge on Curry Night. John even bought himself * c*ke on Nicole’s instructions on his w*y home from work. We h*d not communic*ted to them th*t I w*s m*king * gluten ...

... Tracey. They didn’t play "Santa Never Made It To Darwin" though! The devastation was incredible – as we know - but to see the aerial shots of before and after and to see how housing has changed and to watch and listen to various recordings of the event had a real impact. Samantha was just too upset to look too much at anything or go into the room where they played a sound recording of the cyclone striking.

... money outside of the budget…at about 1pm we got the phone call - the operation had been successful and Falcon was ready to be collected. We walked back, collected the car and reluctantly handed over the cash…5 minutes later as we were driving up the road..low and behold the problem happened again! We drove straight back to Kirks and he took it out for a drive - in fact, he drove for abut an hour with Stevie in the passenger seat - round and round and not once did ...

... mis näitavad kõik vajalikud kohad kätte. Peale Stuart Highway seal muude maanteede vahel valida polnudki, nii et äraeksimine on ebatõenäoline. Rentisime Darwinist ekstreemoludeks valmisolekuks neliveoga Mitsubishi Pajero, millega sai läbisõidetud ka nn dirt road'e. Praegusel aastaajal olid Kakadu pargis asuvad kosed ligipääsmatud, mistõttu saime neid ainult lennukituuri käigus aknast imetleda. Kindlasti oleks seal olnud tore ujuda ja peesitada. Kakadu pargis sai kiviseintel ...