Crowne Plaza Darwin

... flight.  We landed in Darwin at about 3:00 pm and I sailed right through customs this time around.  I caught a taxie to the Crowne Plaza (hey, I'm moving up).  I got a nice room on the 17th floor with a view of Darwin Harbor off in the ...

... Jack's, recommended by our tour guide and luckily enough, right next to the hotel.  No regrets checking in at the Crowne Plaza ( need 12 hours of comfort ) after seeing the backpacker place that would have been free for those of us on ...

... of the beaches....... Time was getting on, don't know where it went...next stop across the peninsular to Charles Darwin Gardens for views across the harbour to Darwin City. Numerous signs warning against bug-bites terrified me and I ...

... and went in to see baby, juvenile and huge adult crocs, all being fed etc. Also many snakes, turtles and a great visual show of Darwin from start, through the WW, Tracy and now. A great afternoon.  The rains started whilst in there and we moved on to ...

... myself to one peice.  I had a nice chat over lunch with an older couple from Adelaide.  They are also staying at the Crowne Plaza and are taking the Ghan Train back to Adelaide, just as I am planning on doing, so we will be on the train ...

It was still dark as Greg, our driver, picked us up at the Crowne Plaza in Darwin at 6:20 am this morning.  We drove around to the other hotels and picked up the other tour participants  and just as we were heading out of Darwin on the Arnhem ...

... ;   We landed in Darwin at mid-day, collected our luggage and cabbed it (15 mins) to the City to the Crowne Plaza Hotel where  we checked in.  We were given a great Top Floor Harbour View Room Upgrade due to Blairs ...

Saturday 23 January, 8.24pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel After having not the greatest Wednesday ever, my bad luck continued into Thursday, when the fun-sounding Swan Valley wine tour (it was on something called the Pink Bus – how could that not be fun??) I ...

... to make up for the day befor.  Had our supper on Mitchell street then back to the hotel and our wine. Darwin and the Northern Territories = challenging in the wet season. The huge distances needed to travel to get anywhere are fairly incomprehensible ...

... nbsp; Swimming in this beautiful spot in Kakadu Park, not knowing how close, if at all, the crocs were. Long drive back to Darwin, but got in around 5:00PM.  Headed out to dinner with my new friends, and shared some heartfelt good-byes to those ...

... of my mini travel blog - for anyone who has any interest in my dalliance with the Mouse. here's the deal: Currently in Darwin for work but come Saturday I'm leaving on a jetplane - straight through to Orlando! Spending 4 nights at Disney's ...

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... in a prime location. The prices of the hotels reflect this; this is 5-star territory with the Hilton next to us and the Crowne Plaza opposite us. Our hotel was semi-closed for a few months in 2009 due to renovation and refurbishment. When they reopened in ...

... to open the wide open spaces across the red deserts of central Australia, when they were fitting the telegraph lines through to Darwin. The final stages of the Ghan train will link the southernmost part Adelaide, to Darwin in the North in 2004. ...

... guide Gavin company - she is learning lots of interesting things, very informative is Gavin on many subjects. Gordon you would enjoy playing trivia with him.  We are just in Alice Springs overnight and have a 7:00am flight tomorrow morning to ...

... are sitting, and then go back and wait for your food and drinks to arrive.  This was the case in Perth, Fremantle, Darwin, and now Alice Springs as well.               This method ...

Had a short walk along the Esplanade in Darwin before catching our flight to Alice Springs.  The flight only 2 1/2 hours, but a whole world of difference in the heat, its dry, and the colours the earth really is red dirt.  We are in a ...

... from Perth and arrived feeling great. We flew Qantas. Mup and Pup arrived feeling exhausted, having flown Jetstar from Brisbane, via Darwin, and had survived on crackers and cheese all day. No movie, blanket or pillow and delayed at every stop...poor Mup ...