After leaving behind the flies at Winton, the myriad of assorted insects at Roper Bar, which made reading by bed lamp at night impossible, Darwins' squadron of mosquitoes formed a welcoming committee to greet us on arrival at the Lee Point Caravan Park. Just needed a few strategically placed smoke coils & a generous coating of Aeroguard & all was well.
Darwin had a late wet season & the air was still quite hot & humid with temperatures between 24 deg min. to 34 deg max. Preferable to an overnight minimum at home of 5 deg.!
Darwin is still a big country town & every time we went to the inner city we drove straight into a car spot on the street There is lots of growth & development happening here with plenty of jobs advertised. This photo is the city mall & the demolition work goes on right outside this coffee shop with just a wire fence between it & the pedestrians.
In fact most homes in Darwin have this same cyclone wire fencing surrounding their blocks. I guess after Cyclone Tracey this was a good option. Many fences are draped with shade cloth in varying degrees of ageing at an attempt for privacy from roads & neighbours.
There are a lot of indigenous people here & unfortunately not many seem to be employed. They are mostly well dressed & barefoot is the preferred option. Most aborigines have skinny legs but the legs that emerged from the bright coloured calf length skirts the women wear ,have to be the skinniest I have seen.
Darwin is also a hot pot of multiculturalism. From Filipinos, Timorese, Thai, Tiwi Islanders to Indian, Javanese & more. With this mix of people the food courts at the shopping centres smell of delicious herbs & spices & they're not Colonel Sanders secret recipe.
Mindil Markets on the harbour foreshore is a Darwin institution similar to Eumundi Markets. The heady aroma of spices from the array of foods on sale is mixed with crocodile skin belts & bags, Bali clothing & jewellery, indigenous paintings & the drone of the didgeridoo.
Luckily the Casino is next door so Tone got his footy fix there while I enjoyed some retail therapy.
Our big Barra cook up was cause for getting out the candles & tablecloths. Fellow campers at Lee Pt, Al & Shirl, Ray & Joy, all from Noosa, as well as Jack & Sue from Darwin joined in the feast.
Ray had a supply of red claw from Emerald so all the seafood & crustacean eaters were licking their lips.
Gee, my Chicken Parmigana was delicious!
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