Radisson Sas Seaside Hotel Darwin

... had a small window seat. I climbed into the window seat to watch the show. The sound show didn't repeat itself really but the light show was great. There was a small black cloud in the distance. From this cloud issued all sorts of what I would call heat lightening, the lightening that lights up the entire sky. Then a few minutes after that, streak lightening would move up from the ...

... since Adelaide and had also done the other great Australian long distance trip on the Indian Pacific from Sydney to Perth, maybe it was a reaction to so many flights as part of his normal routine.<br><br>The train stopped at Katherine in the morning for a few hours to allow us all to take the benefit of a few whistle-stop tour options &#8211; I opted for the coach transfer to the Katherine Gorge area and then went for a walk &#8211; well climb to a lookout point over one of ...

... onto the tongue. The sensation and taste are exactly like a quick squirt of lemon juice and supposedly these things contain Vitamin C. And yes, I tried one. Actually I became addicted to these things and hunted them for about ten minutes. Now I know with confidence I won't succumb to scurvy during my Australian travels. <br><br>For sure placing a green ant butt on my tongue was the last thing I dreamed about doing when I woke up this ...

... awesome market... bought poi balls.. (will get a pic of that at some point..!)... beautiful sunsets there as always (same as last time) ... here at the market i saw a great band... em dee... 2 guys.. one on drums and the other on 4 didgerdoos.. (u see the pics..!)... <br><br>enjoy!!!! ... <br><br>kat xoxo<br><br>some links... <br><br>Emdee the band... http://www.rawdidge.com/finalweb/Defaul t.htm<br><br>mindil market .... http://www.mindil.com.au/<br>

... and chips. Barramundi is the local fish and is quite meaty. Delicious though!<br><br>On Sunday a guy from work named Richard asked me along to the ski club for a beer. No, there isn&#8217;t snow in Darwin, it&#8217;s the waterski club at Fannie Bay. There is a huge lawn with loads of tables overlooking the sea and shaded by a load of palm trees. It&#8217;s fairly idyllic! There was also another live band playing. It&#8217;s not possible to swim in the sea and after reading the signs ...

... safe from crocs), past government and parliament house then along the smith street mall back to the hostel. That was kinda Darwin in a nutshell - small but cute and a fun place.<br>There is a night market at Mindl Beach on Thursdays and Sundays so we walked down to the beach to watch the sunset and check out the markets. I dont think I have ever seen quite so many people crammed into one part of a beach before but it was worth it for the sunset. The market was lots of ...

... 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!<br> After * long session in the b*throom, we decided to hit * few b*rs before going ...

... into a shallow 'baby's pool' and then there were 2 narrow tropical waterways which led to 2 more pools which were a lot bigger and deeper. The snorkel equipment was reached for again and we spent 3-4 hours swimming up and down the different pools and snorkelling in the Pandanus-fringed shallows.<br> We saw archerfish, big catfish, small toe-nibblers and another big fish who I have no idea what to ...

... and Florence waterfalls which was really cool as we got to have a swim around in there. Then we went to a river where we went on a boat to see crocs in the wild and that was very cool - saw loads of them and big ones as well!! Didn't go swimming in there though! We drove to our campsite which i named prison camp as the beds in the tents were actually what you get in Brentwood police station!! hehe But still was good fun - i have slept ...

... has enjoyed some male company in the evenings!<br><br>Today we have been cleaning up ready for departure and we managed to sneak in a trip to the driving range but I definitely need another lesson I think.<br><br>We will be in and out of email and telephone contact until we get to Broome on 16th August but I will update the blog as and when I can &#8211; best wishes to everyone from lovely sunny Darwin    <br><br>Photos will be up soon on Steve&#8217;s Picasa site:  http://picasaweb.google.com/SteveGoddar d1