Current Mood: Happy & Tired

Darwin, the Northen Territory’s capital – home to some 63,000 people and they even have a couple of high-rise buildings. Yep, we’re back in civilisation, after venturing around towns with 120 people in them for a while it was quite nice to see roads with cars on, people dressed for office work and supermarkets bigger than your local corner shop!

Feeling right as rain we managed to do a bit of exploring, seeing the sights of Darwin and working out where a decent bar was. A month or so of no social interaction, we needed to go out for a couple of drinks one night with the guys we’ve met. What a result, down our stretch of road are a few really nice bars – outside, under terrace with lovely seating and a nice atmosphere! We spent a good couple of nights here chilling out with another stubbie and decent company…

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Our highlight of Darwin is the Litchfield tour though, it was absoloutely amazing. We were picked up at 7am by our tour-guide and taken straight to the Adelaide River where we got to handle a blah blah something Python, he was really cute looking and felt like a rubber toy – I won’t look at snakes being all slimy and horrible again, I actually heard myself telling Em that this snake was cute! I’ve been away from my dog too long! ;)

We boarded a double decker river boat and got to the top deck and a decent spot. Here we got to see crocs jumping from the water using their tails, trying to get to some meat that was being hung over the side by a giant rod. The little ones 3-4 metres in length could propel themselves right out the water, the big boys struggled to get their top halves out but were equally impressive. I would not fancy my chances in the river with these things!

Moving on we got to see some giant Termite Mounds which stretched about 5 metres into the air, then Wangi Falls – where we couldn’t swim because of the crocs in the water. Really nice waterfall though due to the torrential rain and the wet season…

We did get to swim in Florence Falls though where the water is apparently so clean you can drink it straight out the pool. Such a nice treat relaxing in this pool!!! But we moved onto Buley Falls where we relaxed in a series of cascading pools, I’ll put the photos up soon as that’s the only way I can really describe it.

On the way home we went to the Aboriginal Art Gallery where we got to handle a Blue Tongued Lizard and a baby python. Then have a go on the old Didgereedoo, brilliant…

Now we’re flying back to Brisbane where we will pick up our Surf Camp all the way down to Sydney. Wahooo…

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