Mantra on The Esplanade Darwin

... go pretty much since we arrived in Oz so it's nice to have some down time. Yesterday afternoon we took a stroll along the esplanade and stumbled across a little place where you could hand feed fish. There were hundreds of them - batfish, catfish, mullet ...

... is small & the majority of people seem to be on holiday. In terms of dress they dont do smart. Our hotel was right on the Esplanade which is a nice water front walk. The Lizard bar was a good place to stop for a quick beer before getting a taxi to ...

... and fruit bats) - Crocosaurus Cove (a croc zoo with massive saltwater crocodiles which grow up to 7m in length!) - Darwin city sights such as the WWII oil tunnels, botanical gardens, Qantas' first air hangar, wildlife such as gorgeous frill-necked ...

... any further I have to tell you I am an accountant'. Now I can remember going to the opening concert of the Darwin festival on the esplanade and sometime later drinking sambucca. The rest I need some assistance recalling. hmm maybe my age is affecting my ...

... and head back to safety. Wander around the park, which is decorated with dozens of war memorials to the Japanese bombing of Darwin on the 14th Feb 1942. Read all the memorials and then decide it's time for a beer so walk into town. Darwin is very pretty, ...

Happy New Year to you all!! Not a lot to do in Darwin on New Years Day, so wander around, have some food and then head back to the hotel to watch the most spectacular sunset I think we've ever seen! ...