Finishing Up in Darwin

After 3 months enjoying Darwin's superb dry season weather, we are about to hit the road again. The caravan park, which a week or two ago was full to bursting, is now showing lots of empty sites - the grey nomad exodus back south has begun.

Once again we have enjoyed playing lots of golf, and our handicaps are reflecting the good dry conditions. We have also enjoyed the friendliness of the DGC members, and have felt quite at home here.

Like last year, we have enjoyed quite a few theatrical outings in the last 3 months. We went to three productions at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, including the latest David Williamson offering and an amusing Bell Shakespeare production of Moliere's School for Wives. The last 2 weeks have been the Darwin festival, and we've really indulged, attending 7 performances. Like most festivals there have been hits and misses, Tripod and La Soiree probably being the highlights. The festival is split across two main venues, both offering fantastic outdoor dining, so we've not only been getting a culture fix but a food fix as well.

Yesterday we thought our departure might be delayed when our PC abruptly died. One minute we were happily playing mindless computer games, the next staring at what might as well have been a house brick. A frantic run around today now sees us proud owners of a brand new laptop, with all our data retrieved from the old one. Now all we have to do is try and figure out how to make all the programs look and behave in the same way we are used to!