The profound Aboriginal culture, the rock art, the hospitality of the Bininj people who welcomed us into their backyard, the Ubirr Rock.…
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Keep ReadingBefore visitors enter Mossman Gorge, the Kuku Yalanji people perform the sacred Aboriginal smoking ceremony as a welcome to the country.…
Keep ReadingWhen I was in Darwin, I was keen to try the unique Darwin food, except Darwin laksa, which I still ate on the last day as I had no choice.…
Keep ReadingMindil Beach Sunset Market is an open-air market held on Thursday and Sunday evenings at Mindil Beach, near the Mindil Beach Casino Resort.…
Keep ReadingMaybe in Darwin, Laksa is supposed to be semi-warm, semi-cooked, and filled with fake meat, and that's okay, but it's just not for me.…
Keep ReadingHave you heard the saying: "You don't go to Darwin without seeing jumping crocodiles (or eating crocodiles, for that matter)."…
Keep ReadingIf I could convince Fafa, which is a very long shot, I can see us retiring in Darwin. A small house, maybe even an apartment on Mindil Beach.…
Keep ReadingTerrence, one of the painters, was kind enough to explain the art of Aboriginal painting, specifically the ones used in Arnhem Land to us.…
Keep ReadingI started to doubt my self-proclaimed addiction to traveling—so much so that I considered taking a sabbatical from it.…
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