Medina Grand Darwin Waterfront

Last night I ended up staying awake most of the night due to time differences between Australia and the U.S. We are trying to buy a house in Florida and our daughter is signing the papers and we had much to discuss. Somewhere around 3 a.m., we decided that it would NOT be a good idea to go on a tour today where we had to leave the hotel at 6:15 a.m. So between emails to ...

... the sunrise. This is a seafront park which was full of joggers at 6am! I looked for a bench but I couldn't find one as there were so many tramps sleeping on them. I ended up sitting on the steps of what was probably Australia's only war memorial (due to the Japanese invasion of Darwin in 1942) and watched the police go round to each tramp in the park and get out of the car to check that every single one was okay. It was nice to be ...

... it comes to water where I am out of my depth. <br><br>I also visited Florence Falls which was a bit of a hike to reach it was much smaller and looked rockier and darker so no idea of depth &#8211; so give swimming a miss. The next stop was Buley Rockhole which I had nearly bypassed but glad I didn&#8217;t &#8211; it was a series of naturally carved pools all fed by clear flowing water &#8211; a perfect natural spa resort. It must be a great spot to bring a picnic and spend a ...

... 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.<br><br>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 ...

We got up nice and early this morning to beat the heat. We drove out to Jabiru to have a look around the town. It turned out to be much bigger than we expected &#8211; a real little community! We then drove further out to the Ubirr Art Site to look at some Aboriginal Rock Art. This was quite interesting, but it was already getting hot (only ...

... town and farewelled Julie, Tony, Kevin, Di and Kerry and then stopped into Deb and Damo&#8217;s house. We&#8217;d had a fabulous time in Darwin, being able to spend so much time with Deb and Damo over the month was such a luxury, compared to the few hours we&#8217;d normally get every few years on Christmas night. They were great fun, so helpful and welcoming.<br><br> We packed up swiftly and moved out of Darwin the next morning. Keen to get into Kakadu and back to some basic camping.

... featuring Bongo and Congo. Jacob got really jiggy with it and loved the jungle music and interactive show. Of course they played that kind of melody that seems to stick in your head so you end up humming it for days later, but we succumbed and purchased a CD to listen to in the car &#8211; YIPEEEE!<br><br>Several people had told us what a beautiful place Berry Springs was for a visit so we packed a picnic up and took a drive out to see. You will see ...

... from the TV show Packed! which was shown in Canada- and actually was part of the reason I chose Contiki- it looked like so much fun and Shaz seemed like a great TM. Time would tell if it was just acting or what. First glance I was skeptical about spending so much time on the bus, but soon would I learn. Once we all are ready to go we hit the open road, making a pit stop at a truck stop for brekkie. I had a delicious egg/bacon/cheese muffin, well other than ...

Hey Guys,<br><br>So I've been in Darwin for about a week all together and my time here has been very relaxed. To be honest there isn't a hell of a lot of stuff to do here so I've been spending most of my time reading, walking around the city and surrounds and preparing other parts of my trip.<br><br>I arrived by train around 5:30 on Tuesday evening. I checked into my hostel and basically just ate and went to bed.<br><br>My second day in Darwin I took time to do laundry and take care of ...

... realiser a quel point nous etions bien sur la route. Nous sommes donc reparti le jour meme.<br><br>Quand le Quebec et la France se rencontrent&#8230;<br><br>De retour sur la route, toujours en direction du nord, nous avons fait la charmante rencontre de deux couples de Francais voyageant dans de grosses Westfalias. Nico, Josselyn, Julie et Delphine sont vite devenus de super compagnons de voyage. Nous avons continuer notre exploration du Nord de l ...