Darwin

Darwin has been amazing! Surprisingly there has been so much to see & do here that we’ve stayed a fortnight. We’ve visited some amazing free waterparks – Palmeston, Leannyer & Darwin City Lagoon were all fantastic fun. Another highlight was the Mindel Sunset Markets which we visited twice it was so good! We highly recommend the banana & Nutella crepes – a special treat after 6 weeks of no desserts! Kieren & I loved the Asian food available here too and the sunset over the water was simply stunning.

Miss E in her tropical birthday dress   

     

The NT Museum & Art Gallery was also sensational – we spent a half day there. They had fantastic exhibits on flora & fauna of the NT, different habitats, “Sweetheart” -  a ridiculously large crocodile,  the most dangerous animals/insects/sea creatures (Mr J’s favourite part!) and a very informative section on cyclone Tracey. This even included a sound room of an actual recording of Tracy. They also had an exhibition of NT News front covers - mostly dedicated to crocodiles.

The only thing we’ve been disappointed about is the fact that you can’t swim in the stunning turquoise ocean – thanks to the estuarine crocodile – it seems such a tease. But we've visited the sandy lagoon, seen crocodiles in the Adelaide River, visited "window on the wetlands" to learn all about wetland ecology and so much more. We also got our city fix and shopped for things that have broken over the last 6 weeks (SHOES!) AND I got my first real coffee since Adelaide and drank it Child-free for one hour thanks to my awesome, thoughtful husband! (And he got to go to the pub to see the State of Origin!).