Day 14 of the "Ultimate Australian Rail Holiday" Tuesday 31st May 2016 Our last day in Darwin is free to our own devices. Our hotel is located on Mitchell Street, one of the long main streets which form the logical grid system of the central business district. When we arrived early evening on Saturday night, it looked … Continue reading Darwin Dawdling – May 2016
The Ultimate Australian Rail Holiday
Full Day Kakadu National Park Tour – May 2016
Day 13 of the "Ultimate Australian Rail Holiday" Monday 30th May 2016 The Northern Territory (NT) covers around one-sixth of the Australian continent, or about the combined size of France, Spain and Italy. It is possibly best known for its arid red centre, as a quarter of a million people from all around the world visit Uluru (Ayers Rock) … Continue reading Full Day Kakadu National Park Tour – May 2016
Darwin City Sights Tour – May 2016
Day 12 of the "Ultimate Australian Rail Holiday" Sunday 29th May 2016 Half way through our tour, and here we are in the "Top End", the northernmost part of the Northern Territory* of Australia. Darwin, the capital, "was founded in 1869 and was originally called Palmerston before being renamed Port Darwin in 1911" (Wikipedia). Port Darwin was the … Continue reading Darwin City Sights Tour – May 2016
The Reluctant Retiree 