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Interesting to see Darwin. Liked the general ambience once we had become used to the heat and humidity. We arrived via the GHAN from Adelaide (highly recommended) We walked mostly but drove out to the north and the beaches were lovely. The cost of living seems quite high cf the UK. We drove to Kakadu park which is a long drive. We were very disappointed. We have been to the USA parks, S.A, Far East, etc and this was a great difference. Maybe we should have gone on an organised tour and the guides would have known where to take us. We went to the visitor centre and were given walks to do. We are very good walkers but not many elderly folk would do them. The views from the summits were bland. The nature of the territory. The aboriginal artwork was good but one can view only so much. Didn't see much wildlife apart from the wallabies on the road. Again, we were restricted by time and ought to have gone down the various roads to billabongs, etc but there is only so much one can do in a day trip.

Crocosaurus cove is well worth a visit, surprisingly a good few hours. Darwin Harbour is another worthwhile stop, take your swimmers. The wharf across from the Harbour, beautiful sunset views, tasty restaurants. Litchfield park and Katherine gorge are amazing spots. Lots of other places we didn't get time for. I wish we had hired a car as it was too hot to walk around in the middle of the day and we could have done a bit more exploring

Mainly I came to hike in Kakadu for 3/52, which was great and not too wet but still having lots of water in the pools and waterfalls throughout January. So, for me, Darwin was about preparing for the humidity and heat while hiking, and on return, eating well, finding good coffee and shopping for gifts. I enjoyed Prawns at Fiddlers Green and adored a Combo Laksa at Amazing Thai. I shopped at markets, Parap, Rapid Creek and Nightcliff, visited the wharf and other areas throughout town. I didn't do Crocs in town on account of having seen crocs in the wild at Cooinda, which is more my scene. I'll be back for more

Darwin is very beautiful place to visit but very hot. It has a lovely beach and the city its self is very clean and tidy. I have enjoyed meeting up with the Aboriginals. Also the city is very lively at night with lots of music. People of Darwin are friendly.

we went in January which is their hot, humid, wet season. We did not have much rain other than the odd storm but the temperatures were around 38 day and 26 night with very high humidity.We hired push bikes which turned out to be a great way to explore the city and surrounds.The waterfront is a lovely place to visit for a swim in the wave pool and dinner at the wharf. My 12 year old very much enjoyed Aquascene and Corocosaurus. A trip to Tourism Top End in the CBD is a must to get maps and book tours and buy a pass for Kakadu National park. The flies are very very annoying in Darwin and even more so in the national Park. They were so bad in Kakadu that we ended up buying fly veils, available at camping stores and petrol stations. The Jumping Croc cruise on the Adelaide River was a great stop on our way to Jabiru. Ubirr is a must for Rock art and spectacular sun set and so is a scenic 1 hour flight over the waterfalls.

travelled on the Ghan from Adelaide to Darwin which was a wonderful experience. Darwin War Museum was very interesting. Twoout of three boat trips were cancelled because of bad weather. Best outing was a float plane/helecopter/ boat trip on one of the lakes. Expensive but very good. would avoid the wet season in future as many tourist attractions were not operating. Loved the heat but found that all the buildings and the taxis had very cold air conditioning oerating