Darwin NT July 2 - 9 2018
Has it been a week since we arrived in Darwin? Yes it has, so I guess we've both been overwhelmed by 'Darwin' time! Oh well, what have we done with the week? Having been here a few times before, our range of activities is restricted down to things that we want to do rather than the 'must dos'. In very rough order of appearance: Visited a couple of new shopping centres, ostensibly to buy food but I suspect that the ice-cold air-conditioners may also have been an attraction. Yes, it's been hot-ish most days around 34ºC and not much less at night. Even our 'air' in the van has been getting a bit of a flogging. Went looking for birds out along our favourite boardwalk into the mangroves at East Arm, but the tide was way out and must have taken the birds with it. Mudflats. East Arm. Darwin NT Ducked into the Darwin Museum and Art Gallery where we have idled away more than the odd hour. Cafe: Closed. Aboriginal Art: Replaced by some dreadful unfat...