Darwin was very hot yesterday. We mostly had a lazy day and then in the evening we went to the 'deckchair cinema' and saw Hugo. It was a lovely warm night and an almost full moon. Our accommodation is next to the chinese temple and during the day we watched the young chinese children practice dragon movements, acrobatics and drumming. Today we drove out to Howard Springs. The area is under renovation so we couldn't swim but we went for a walk (photo) and saw l...

This morning, Jeff, Mum and the boys went to the WWII oil Bunkers, while i did chores. We then all took a walk through Darwin city centre. We had lunch at a cafe, did some souvenir shopping, bought new walking shoes for me and got the boys haircut! We then went to Crocosaurus Cove, where they have a fantastic Australian reptile display aswell as lots of Crocodiles. We fed crocs with meat on fishing lines and Mum and the boys swam in a big tank where you could s...

I am so enjoying the civilization of Darwin. I could stay all day and night in the beautiful apartment on the 20th floor at Skytower. It is great to spend some time with my parents. The boys are very happy to see Granny who is giving them lots of attention! Today we went to the wave-pool (outdoors) and did some shopping. The boys watched a movie on the big screen TV in the air-conditioned apartment - so many luxuries we didn't know we'd missed! I love staying c...