The actual name Darwin just refers to the immediate downtown area - small enough of an area to all be within walking distance. All the suburbs around the downtown Darwin area use the suburb name in the address, not Darwin at all. It is all part of the Greater Darwin Area, but this is not in the address. Our address is Tiwi, Northern Territory, for example.
Here are the ruins of the old town hall in Darwin, which was opened in 1883. It was used in some capacity until Cylone Tracy hit on Christmas Eve 1974. To further confuse the whole address matter...when the townhall below was built, the Darwin area was named Palmerston. Now Palmerston is a town outside Darwin, about a 30 minute drive from downtown and is not really even in the Greater Darwin Area.
Of course our kids had to climb the town hall ruins. Why? Because it was there and they could.
A little girl who loves her Daddy and a Daddy who loves her back...
Chinute Chinute - Larrakia spiritual ancestor...probably not meant to be climbed either...
Watching a big cruise ship leave the harbour...see that big rectangle on the top deck of the ship? That is a TV...I kid you not.
A beach in the Top End of Australia where the kids can safely play in the water - no crocodiles or deadly jellyfish...
Daddy with all his stuffed animals. He likes to take them with him when he goes out on the town. He pretends to be a tough guy, but really he isn't.
Mokuy (spirits) - Yolngu people
Brown's Mart Theatre - originally built in 1885 to be a mercantile known as Solomon’s Emporium.
Our little princesses...
Our three little precious gifts...
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