Darwin, Darwin, Darwin... where do I begin.
Your beaches are beautiful, yet filled with deadly nasties like saltwater crocodiles and box jellyfish.
You are the Northern Territory's largest city, yet your city centre is barely three streets wide.
Your sunsets are straight from heaven, yet your hungry insect population make them hard to enjoy.
You boast relaxing caravan parks in tranquil rainforest settings, yet they're all built under the flight path of your airport that has no time restrictions on it's flights.
You rave about your stunning warm climate, yet lying awake at night in 30 degree heat is not all that pleasant.
You claim to be multi-cultural, yet there's plenty of injustice on your streets.
But boy do you have some happening markets at Mindel Beach, with hundreds of different stalls and hundreds of different freshly cooked foods to sample and hundreds (and hundreds) of tourists. Quite the shock to the system after not having seen this many people since Perth (just look at Luke's face)!
Yes, Darwin, you are a land of contrast and contradictions. The Tonkin jury is still out on you.
Yours in the great outdoors,
Odette
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