Category: Northern Territory

I enjoyed my evening at the Deckchair Cinema. Probably one of the “must dos” in Darwin. It is an independent, open air cinema. Deckchairs and normal chairs available. There is a bar as well as catering. I wasn’t aware of this bit- looked like tasty Indian food too! Many people come for dinner, a few drinks, watch the sunset and then the movie starts at 7pm.

The movie was a Brazilian movie- subtitled- but had some pretty funny bits. It is translated to Three Summers. Most movies shown are not mainstream.

Definitely have mosquito repellent and you can even bring your own pillow. The deckchairs get a bit uncomfortable after 1 hour… but it was all good overall.

Some extra photos just out and about

I went to the Qantas Air Hangar Museum…which is actually Darwin motor enthusiasts club location. They have everything in there… just loaded with cars, bikes, trucks, engines,  locomotives…its all there!

During one of my meanderings I stumbled upon a resin art gallery and spoke to the lady there, who runs workshops. I have been interested in learning how to do resin art since I saw several great examples in galleries around Hawaii. Now I had time…so asked Maureen when her next workshop is. She said, whenever you want it, I don’t need minimal numbers. So, I had a great time making my resin art on canvas. You have to work fast as the resin sets quickly in Darwin’s heat. I think I got the beach look that I was going for? Maybe I will be a beach bum and sell my resin art at markets? 

I also stopped by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory , which has art works, natural and history artefacts with a large hall of ships and canoes of these parts , many used to try and immigrate illegally to Australia. 

So, Darwin has been home for the last 2 weeks . One week in the suburb of Parap in an Airbnb and another in the city centre. I have visited Darwin before- 6 years ago- as part of my Whyalla-Darwin-Whyalla road trip covering 9,000km. I revisited a few places and went to some new ones.
Weather was a steady 32-34C and humidity of about 60%. Always sunny, bar for one major downpour at midnight one night.

The botanical gardens are pretty varied , I most enjoyed the boab and baobab section,  making me miss northern South Africa.  To my surprise several of the trees were also in flower, which I had not seen before. Lots of pretty flowering things around and an iced coffee to cool down after!

Mindil Beach was on the agenda on Thursday to visit the night markets and traditionally watch the sunset, along with a whole load of other people. The sunset didn’t disappoint though.

Next stop was Casuarina Beach… on a Friday when I was sure it wouldn’t be too busy. It was low tide and thus the beach was wide …and long. Not very many people around. Nice!

Parap markets are on around the corner from where I’m staying, every Saturday.  By the numbers of people; I can tell they are popular!