Wednesday 24th April 2024,
Batty Tales

Northern Territory

The Stuart Highway

The Stuart Highway

It’s been almost a month since the last instalment of our trip and over two months since it actually all happened. Seems then, there is a lot to catch up on. I’ll try and stick just to the interesting parts then. From Darwin, we drove to Uluru. You may not realise it, but from Darwin [...]

December 19, 2011 Batty Northern Territory, South Australia 0

The Batty’s top tips on getting stuck in Darwin

The Batty’s top tips on getting stuck in Darwin

We have come to the conclusion that no one is born in Darwin. We can’t even confirm the hospital has a maternity ward. People there are friendly though, so it doesn’t take long to strike up a conversation with a random. Plenty of those conversations go something like this. “Yeah we are just travelling through, [...]

November 17, 2011 Angela Northern Territory 0

Why Darwin is Better than Sydney (or Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane)

Why Darwin is Better than Sydney (or Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane)

And maybe even Perth, but we haven’t been there yet to judge. The Northern Territory is short on people, especially people that might stick around for a while, get jobs in their growing economy and have kids who will boost the population even more. The problem is, Darwin is right at the top of Australia, it [...]

October 26, 2011 Batty Northern Territory 0

From C to D

From C to D

Unless I am mistaken, Angela and I have been rather lax in our recent attention to this here web page. The last update on our travels occurred not long after we left Sydney and that was well over one month ago. I would love to recount, step by step, our adventures and escapades, but in truth, [...]

October 9, 2011 Batty Northern Territory, Queensland 2
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