Holiday Inn Darwin

... with the primary reason being to attend the annual conference of the National Association of Community Legal Centres at the Holiday Inn at the Esplanade in Darwin. The conference was two and a half days and I then took another two and a half days being a ...

... is the 'Whiite' Croc... called Snowy... apparently there are only 3 crocs like this in captivity! We left the farm and about 30 mins later arrived at our accommodation for the next three nights... 'Holiday Inn, Darwin Esplanade'... AIR-CON - we love ...

We arrived in Darwin at 4.30am Sunday, with nothing to do but wander the streets. Fortunately the hotel (Holiday Inn) said they could get our room ready for 9am, so after a hearty breakfast in the poolside restaurant, we retired to the sun loungers for a ...

... model of fridge freezer is suitable for our circumstances. Our first campsite after we tear ourselves away from the luxury of the holiday inn (well it's going to seem like that soon) is a strategic choice designed to make sure that everything else ...

... a shitty time to fly, hard to sleep so after arriving im Singapore it waw into the centre of town and checked into the Park View Holiday Inn early and then went to find something to eat, Chicken Rice and a large Tiger beer was the ideal way to 'start' the ...

... charter business offices and even called me a taxi to take me to the hotel - nice folks at Hardy's. A taxi to the Holiday Inn on the Darwin esplanade waterfront, 9th floor room, great view of the harbor, the boat traffic and sunset. I went down to the ...

... to see a black Wallaroo, partly hidden in the shadows due to its colouring. Another 30kms down the road we stopped at the Holiday Inn Resort Jabiru (Gagadju Crocodile).  This was another place Fraser had been wanting to visit ever since Nan went ...

... digs. We looked to see what specials Wotif had to offer on the internet and took a mystery option that saw us at the Holiday Inn on the Esplanade...certainly a step up. We had a few drinks with Joel, Jack-attack and some friends watching Collingwood and ...

... so we just enjoyed watching other people have fun while we ate lunch.  You really can't swim on the beaches here in Darwin as they have so many salty crocodiles which just think people are food.  Have attached a couple of pictures for you ...

... in the 90's.  Finally we can use the other half of the clothes we packed - into shorts and tshirts we quickly changed.  Darwin is a city with a tropical feel.  It's right on the coast of Northern Australia.  Today we are just relaxing, ...

... now heading for Hanmer Springs for a couple of days.  We just hope the car hire people have done as they say and the holiday park has a place for us as they weren’t filling me with confidence.  Time will tell, it’s all part of the ...

... !! (arrived at 1am ... it was 27 degrees ) Will update soon, having a wander around today, the only thing I know about darwin at the moment is that there is a starcity casino and a deckchair cinema that inspired Baz Luhrmann last year .. ! oh ...

... day retracking our steps to try and find the phone then when we gave up went and got some food and went for a few drinks in Darwin centre which has actually got some good bars, and a really nice atmosphere. I thought it could be like Cairns - which is ...

... freshies only go for you if you annoy them - I had no intention of doing that! I past on the offer of a free dinner in Darwin when I saw my hotel.  It was soooo wonderful to check into a 4 star hotel, have two double beds with crisp white ...

... a few extra charges can be slipped in here and there. I don't like companies who play that game. Our second Monday in Darwin was also a public holiday - hurray, well not so soon, I just remembered I was still working for a US company. Doh! This one was ...

... 2 and a half hours, we finally had to get a taxi to the hotel - not a very good first impression of Australia! The Holiday Inn was situated on the Esplanade, a pleasantly green area with huge shady trees, many bearing colourful blossom.  There were ...

... people. Very informative and made us feel a bit more informed of where we were.. Succumbed to the nice hotel in the Jabiru, a Holiday Inn, shaped like a croc from the air!! We didn't have much choice, well we did really, we just saw the Holiday Inn ...

... city actually had to be completely rebuilt from when cyclone Tracy hit the town, one of the only building's to survive was the holiday inn. Wanting to chill out before my trip around the Northern Territory, I head down to the lagoon where there is a wave ...

We are just about to leave Darwin and head for Kakadu NP - where we will be staying a the 'Holiday Inn' again for 2 nights - but this hotel is in the shape of a Croc - how cool is that (only thing is, you wouldnt know unless you saw the building from the ...