So I'm sat in a hotel room in Darwin writing this travel diaries. Yep, a hotel room. It feels very sophisticated and important although my paint stained Yamba fishing t-shirt says otherwise. Anyway this isn't a fashion blog so I'll get on with the travel diaries.
Jack and I have been travelling around the territory for nearly three weeks and we've been loving it. It's incredible up here and really is like another world with all it's culture and amazing natural landscapes. It really is a must do for any Australian travelling trip and I'm so glad we had the chance to do it and that we took that chance.
We started off in Darwin and I've fallen in love with Darwin as a city. It's beautiful relaxed and full of interesting and cool places. There's heaps of history here to take in as well as great restaurants, shops and places to relax. I feel like I'm writing a tourist information guide and I'm trying to sell Darwin to you but it really is awesome here.
Of course we couldn't come all the way up here and not check out the array of national parks on offer. We headed to Litchfield first and it's beautiful. There's so many natural spectacles to take in from waterfalls to mind blowing rock formations, and plenty of places to swim croc free which is just what you need at the end of a top end day. Kakadu is also incredible however because we're here at the end of the dry season there not many of the waterfalls are flowing but the plunge pools are still beautiful and there's so much Aboriginal culture in Kakadu that it doesn't matter.
We've still got Nitmiluk national park to see when we leave Darwin and also Alice Springs and Uluru so there's still lots on the to do list but for now we're enjoying Darwin again for a little.
Of course no travel diaries is without it's drama so here's how we ended up in a fancy hotel room rather than a campsite. Heading to Darwin last night from Kakadu we had a spot of bother with 'the Effy' also known as the F250 we're driving around, kindly lent to us by our employers. We had a break down. Dirty fuel put an end to our drive, three attempts to clean the fuel filter and bleed the engine and lots of swearing later we crumpled and got a tow truck to come and fetch us. Luckily we have the nicest employers and we found the nicest towing company in the territory (NT towing if you're wondering) so we were on to a winner and we'll have Effy back tomorrow morning.
Just another tale for the diaries I suppose.
Until next time,
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