Mantra Pandanas Darwin

... to find a Delsey dealer and hope that they will believe me that I bought the suitcase a scant 3 1/2 months ago and replace it for me. We shall see. <br> In the meantime, my daughter is laughing about my suitcase woes because it happens so often to me and my husband is declaring that I need to form a corporation to certifiy travel products. We'll call it "Certified by Carpe Feline". <br> So here are a ...

... of nowhere was a tad worrying. Luggage all stowed away &#8211; not sure how you could possible get three people in this.<br><br>After shedding another litre of sweat I drove back towards Darwin for the &#8216;famous&#8217; Mindil Beach sunset market &#8211; apparently one of the city&#8217;s main attractions. There were hundreds of stalls &#8211; some interesting arts and crafts but a lot of pap/schecht/**** /rubbish in any language, also live entertainment, including pythons ...

... All started smoothly as we drove in through the entrance, making sure that there was clearance for our vehicle's 2.5 meter height. After completing the shopping and loading up the 4WD, we found that all exits were 2.2 meters high - there was not enough room to drive the vehicle out without losing our on roof storage box. Amusingly even though we had successfully navigated ourselves through the back roads of central and northern Australia ...

... enjoyed.<br>Behind the reserve there is the Berrimah Prison with razor wire surrounding it, we often see the prisoners sitting outside their donga's (cells/rooms).<br>We were able to catch up with some friends that we knew when we were here in 1991 - Greg and Helen from the Darwin Sub Aqua club. The club is still active and Ash did several dives with them.<br>The Mindil Market is one of the best markets that we have ever been too, and every Thursday ...

... been to see our "Chubby Van" it is called Donkey Punch, no doubt we will share lots of photos of it when we collect it! It is quite small....but will be our home for the next 5 weeks or so! There is a festival on at the moment so there are lots of live bands and shows. We didn't manage to make it out of our Air Conditioned Apartment last night, as we were so tired and decided to watch the cricket instead...Come on England!!<br><br><br>

... and I bundled on the bus for the first part of my Oz Experience pass. Our first stop today was at an Aborginal Culture Camp. Here we were greeted by an aboriginal elder by having water from the billabong spat on our heads to protect us on their land then we were led into the camp to learn about Aboriginal life. We were taught about which plants were used for food, tools and medicines, how to make and play a didgeridoo, how to make rope from leaves to make into ...

August 4th: Today was my second last day in Australia, and it was one of the best and hottest. We swam in Edith Falls and Florence Falls - each one was more refreshing than the last and greatly needed! It's about 35 degrees up here, enough to make you dizzy. I also got to hold a baby orphaned wallabee, whose mama was hit by a car. It was ...

... and cleaned the last of my room. I left without the wines and beers I had intended to bring for friends that I was going to see around australia, because it was early and I was tired and disorganised and that is hardly the time of day to be aware of anything. <br> I got on the bus and slipped straight back into one of my travel modes. There are three last count - Gaz, who is curious and attentive but not really organised though organised enough to get by ...

... and balloons and frisbees. And it was all courtesy of Darwin Council! Needless to say, the kids were in heaven. <br><br>Unfortunately though, we missed the Regatta itself! Scott was misinformed early in the day that it was on at 10am (before we arrived) so we assumed we had missed it. In the arvo Scott was riding his bike back to camp and just as he took off they announced the start of the regatta! Even though I could see him riding off in ...

... employed ones did their bit. Luckily for us, they didn't insist on the full steam clean so we are grateful for that. <br><br><br>We managed to get out of Brisbane with only one wrong turn at some roadworks and I can't blame the GPS for that. After that it was plain sailing. We had decided that since the trip was to be a mission, rather than a gentle touristy canter , we would go via the inland route and save 100km as time was so tight. I think this was a good ...