HELLO DARWIN

It's been a fun two years, Darwin. We had a last swim at Berry Springs, together with the odd scaly friend. (Ken is under the waterfall...

We're in the Kimberley. It's about 10.30 in the morning and the temperature is about 43 degrees. The air is bone dry — none of the Darwin...

It hasn't all been fluffy dogs and chickens. We have also had lots of wild animal encounters — starting with the Territory Wildlife Park,...

Okay, that's an exaggeration. We are only about 40 km from Darwin, house-sitting for colleagues who live in the rural area. It's a 35...

It's not only birds that seasonally migrate to and from Darwin. Sailing boats 'migrate' too. The Dry season attracts sailors. The number...

Exercise Pitch Black is an Australian Air Force operation held in Darwin every two years – when COVID doesn't shut down the world. About...

Hello again Darwin! I'm back for Part 4/4 of our two-year sojourn in the north. Ken is still in Melbourne but I have resumed Darwin life...

Say hello to the Royal Navy and HMS Tamar. HMS Tamar is a long way from Cornwall (or even Tasmania, which has its own Tamar River). (That...

Living in Darwin has made me realise how little I know about ships and ports. Fortunately there's a Darwin Port website, which lists...

I had the best time being a university student again ... for four days. On the GM's recommendation, I enrolled at Charles Darwin...

Okay, it's not really called that. It's called Stokes Hill Wharf. I just have a few quibbles with the name. Anyway. Follow the road down...

Ah, the routine of life in Darwin. Four months into our second year, we're experiencing events for the second time. Novelty becomes...

Magnetic Island — aka Maggie — is not in Darwin, or even in the Territory. It's in Queensland, about 1800 km away from Darwin as the crow...

I've become quite fond of lizards up here in the tropics. First there are our geckos. Ken is kept company by a group of five or six...

Bamurru Plains is one of the Luxury Lodges of Australia, located on the floodplain about 200 km east of Darwin. During the Wet, for about...

No, not IED. Despite the military storm occurring in eastern Europe. IWD. Darwin celebrated International Women's Day on 8 March and I...

A cyclone watch came through on Friday. I was pretty excited because in our 14 months in Darwin, we have not been in the path of a...

Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Last year* we attended the commemoration ceremony at the Cenotaph but this year...

It's been too long since I wrote about crocs, so let's start with some news. Cahills Crossing is a legendary river crossing in Kakadu...

And we're back. Year 2 of our Darwin working holiday. In January 2021 Ken and friend Garry drove north, taking a leisurely seven days to...