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A 20th Anniversary Honeymoon
Twenty years ago we were in Paris celebrating our honeymoon. A decade ago we were back in Europe celebrating our tenth anniversary. I was hoping that we could do the same for our twentieth. Unfortunately, the covid pandemic threw a spanner in the works. Until last week we couldn’t even travel out of greater Sydney.…
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Gigantic jets, jumping crocs
The Darwin Aviation Museum is a childhood dream come true. I used to be a huge military aircraft buff and the museum has a real BUFF on display, the Boeing B-52G bomber. This huge eight engine beast dominates the museum hanger. Beneath it are a range of other combat and civil aircraft, including American and…
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Wings and winds
When we step out on to the balcony of our apartment early in the morning it feels like the middle of a hot summer’s day. It is like an oven inside and we know we will need to seek airconditioned sights to visit today. Near the end of the Stokes Hill Wharf is the Royal…
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Kakadu Part 2
After a hot buffet breakfast we check out of the Kakadu Crocodile Hotel and drive back down towards the Cooinda Lodge. We have a booking for the Yellow Water Cruise at 11.30 AM. There are no shuttles down to the jetty, so we walk around the caravan park, keeping to the shade and away from…
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Kakadu Part 1
It came to me that today was the first day since the pandemic started that I have visited another country. I needed no passport, crossed no seas, yet here I am in another land with its own culture and language. In fact I have crossed more than one land today. We head south along the…
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Bringing out the big guns
On 19 February 1942 Australia suffered its first foreign attack since the British invaded as Japanese aircraft bombed Darwin. Around 250 lives were lost in this, the first of 90 or so attacks on military installations in the Northern Territory during World War Two. Darwin was a supply base for Australian and Allied forces resisting…
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Litchfield National Park
Enough laksa hunting, time to get out and see some more of the Northern Territory! After taking breakfast at the hotel, we set out south for Litchfield National Park. The quality of the road is very good but once outside of the greater Darwin area the divided lanes of the A1 highway merge. Yet the…
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Like some laksa
For a proper South East Asian food experience you need hawker stalls. Sadly the famous Mindil Beach Night Markets are closed during the wet season, but on Saturdays there are the Parap Markets. We skip the hotel breakfast and head straight there to start our day. First impressions are great, with tents and vans selling…