Darwin Experience

No cattle no drovers but a real Aussie outback city - Darwin

Advantages: City that is a mixture of Aussie outback and tourist restaurants and hotels-buzzing
Disadvantages: very hot and humid, storms and cyclones and lots of rain summer

DARWIN WHERE IS DARWIN? The Northern Territory is a huge area of 1.35 million square kilometres with a population of only 209,000 and Darwin is the Capital city situated in the far north of this territory. Although Darwin is the least populated of all of Australia’s state capitals it is by far the most populated city in the Territory. This part of Australia is known as the Top End and this includes Arnhem Land (which is Aboriginal Land) and the Kakadu ...
...at Darwin and runs in an almost straight line to Alice Springs (The red Centre) and then continues on to Adelaide in South Australia. The Highway covers a distance of over 3,000 km and no map would be needed as there are no turns to take! WEATHER/ CLIMATE: This tropical area has only two seasons the wet and the dry. The wet season from Nov-Apr has high temperatures with humidity and often severe tropical storms and this is the reason for the lush ...

catsholiday 28.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Darwin (Australia)

City And Outback In One

Advantages: fabulous wildlife including the perfect Aussie male
Disadvantages: being pestered for cash ,scary creatures

Darwin in the top middle bit of Australia is very different to vibrant Sydney and perfect Cairns but wonderful all the same. If you want to go to Oz in our summer but the depths of their winter and still want sizzling temperatures you won't go wrong with Darwin. It is not sophisticated and the hotels are not five star but you will certainly get a feel for true Australian culture. I timed my trip in August to coincide with the Darwin Beer Can Festival, ...
...Within an hours drive of Darwin you are into stunning outback territory. I shall never forget the sign on the toilet doors of an isolated beer shop in the outback,BLOKES and SHEILA'S this sums up the Darwin area it is everything you always thought was typically Australia. You do need to take care with the wildlife and don't even think about getting lost! Crocs,snakes and crawly things you don't wish to think about are abundant everywhere. Darwin ...

janehammill 26.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Darwin (Australia)