Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, and enjoys a relaxed, tropical lifestyle. Darwin is an ideal base for visits to spectacular World Heritage listed areas, surrounding National Parks and attractions including Kakadu National Park. Darwin has grown from an early and remote outpost to a thriving modern capital city. It is Australia’s only tropical capital city and has a population of 72,000 with about 26,000 more in the combined satellite city of Palmerston and the surrounding rural area. Approximately half the Northern Territory population of 198,000 live within a 50km radius of Darwin. The city itself and the population on average are younger than the rest of Australia. Darwin has a relaxed lifestyle, with a tropical feel and smell. A good spot.
Dinner with Scott (Terlich) and Gail (Mitchell) who have made Darwin their home now for a whileKath and Pete joined us too. Pete works for the Crocodile Gold Mining Company and Kath flew up from Ballina to catch up with us here. A long way to come but certainly appreciated by us.Music at Mindil Marketsa stunning Darwin sunsetSome of the crowd at the Mindil Night Markets. Great food from so many cultures which we took down to the beach to eat. I loved this photo of the small boy talking to the young girl. Two cultures getting along.It wasn’t hard to get a good photoWe caught up with Wendy and Pete, friends from Canberra, while in DarwinAnother Darwin croc with me as bait !It was so good catching up with Scott and Gail. Scott (Terlich) used to be my brother-in-law. As he is only 7 years older than my son Michael, he was like another son. He spent a great deal of time with me while he was growing up. He didn’t drink bourbon in those days !!! Scott had a jumper on and decided to use our heater…. he has certainly acclimatized.
