Darwin Motel

... the wind got up to 300kms p/hr at the peak of the cyclone. A few weeks before Cyclone Tracy, Cyclone Thelma threatened Darwin but moved away before striking land making the people of Darwin less concerned about Tracy, as the winds increased on Christmas ...

... decided to make an announcement over the end of the film, well I guess we all know they lived happily ever after. Arrived into Darwin on time around half 4 and god was it hot when we stepped of the air conditioned train, low 30s, big difference from ...

... a bit of a tan. I've been to the museum of the Northern Territory to learn about cyclone tracy that decimated Darwin on 24th December 1974, wandered accidentally into a nationwide radio recording at the botanical gardens and heard Gomez play, which was ...

... motel, staying here for three days, and hopefully I can get a job by then. My piggy bank is getting skinnier and skinnier... Darwin is beautiful by the way, but so huge compared to where I've been lately...At first look I even thought it was worse ...

... is very little traffic. After 3-4 hours we arrive in Jabiru and our Youth Hostel for the next 3 days.  What a difference to Darwin! This place has just about everything we could want.  Our room is in a building with 5 others with a central ...

... a lot, very very scary experience!  But I guess it is a usual weather condition, we were obviously fine and landed at Darwin international airport no problem. As soon as we got off the airplane, we felt very heavy heat.  Yes, Darwin is very ...

... that I wrote 17 pages in my diary about the last day alone, this may prove something of a challenge!! Well, first of all, Darwin itself - I didn't actually see a huge amount of the city, because I was out seeing other things, but what I saw seemed ...

... are also interesting. With all the photos around of WW2, i had expected my dad to jump out as he spent the war years in Darwin. Unfortunately, he never got back to see Darwin before he died about 9 years ago. There's a lesson there, do it now or ...

... flights had been delayed due to thunderstorm activity. I sat next to a guy from New Zealand, who was on his way to Darwin for work. He was an absolute riot; we went back and forth the whole flight, cracking friendly jokes about one another's country, ...

We boarded a plane for the 4 hour flight to Darwin from Brisbane. We could fly from Brisbane to New Zealand faster than we could fly to Darwin in the Northern Territory! On arrival it was so good to see Karl Powell again, the same bus driver we had on ...

... got absolutely eaten alive by midgies last night and we really haven't slept properly since Broome because of the heat! Thinking about a motel room just for tonight. It's still cloudy and rain is hanging around so going outside is like taking a sauna!! ...

... buzzer medical emergency on board oh god! no doctor or nurse or paramedic on board, high speed decent and approach to Darwin Airport, high speed landing paramedics on board and rush poor old lady of to hospital finally we disembark into the terminal and ...

We flew early from Yogha to Bali and has we had 12 hours before our flight to Darwin booked into a little hotel for the day by the airport - with a pool which was ideal. This was just South of the start of the Kuta strip so had a wander - it's very built ...

Took the Shuttle bus from the Ghan to downtown Darwin....that we thought would drop us off at our motel.....NOT!!! They dumped us downtown and the driver didn't know our hotel....said I don't sleep in motels!!!!So Ted checked the map and we headed ...

... birds, more crocodiles, water buffalos, and wild horses called brumbies. We spent the night in Katherine at the Best Western Pine Tree Motel. After supper we stayed in the dining hall and had the service. Karl joined us for the service. It was hot ...

... active firing and military flying ranges – best avoided! Initially Patrick had planned a direct route between Tennant Creek and Darwin, but finding that the military areas were active meant a rethink and a slightly longer way which would take us ...

... land of kangaroos, barbies (the cooking kind) and Sheilas.  After three months in Asia we were undeniably grateful to land at Darwin airport and into Western civilisation once more.  The flight was a short one of 5 hours but despite it being a ...

... concrete. So, on we drove and drove. 4.00pm. A fleeting stop in Katherine for cream buns and Diesel. 8.30pm. DARWIN. The Cables were shattered. Checked into a motel (hard to tell what you are checking into, in the dark) and slept and slept and slept. ...

... times more expensive, internet 10 times, they don't know where the limits are. Fuck off. I hate this place. When I arrived to Darwin my girlfriend Renia was waiting for me already, as we agreed a few months earlier. Actually, not exactly as agreed. The ...