Australian Adventures: Darwin

Now that I've been dorsum from Commonwealth of Australia for a few days, the jet lag is finally setting in. I had plans to postal service virtually origin calendar week of schoolhouse ideas, but I can't appear to remain awake long plenty to complete that post. So, I consider I'd part some photos of some of our Australian adventures instead.

These photos are from Darwin which is the capitol of the Northern Territory inwards Australia. Shaun's sis lives inwards Darwin, together with then nosotros visited her for a calendar week of our viii calendar week stay. If you're non super familiar amongst your Australian geography, here's a map courtesy of Wikipedia. I'm definitely non inwards a identify to estimate because I've forthwith spent 20 weeks inwards Australia, together with I nonetheless teach Queensland together with New South Wales mixed up...

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We flew from Tulsa to Dallas (about an hr flight), from Dallas to Sydney (sixteen hr flying - it used to live on the longest commercial flying inwards the world), together with from Sydney to Adelaide (about a ii hr flight). Shaun's household unit of measurement lives close the Victoria/South Commonwealth of Australia border.

To teach to Darwin, nosotros took a iv hr flying from Adelaide. This was 1 of the worst flights of my life. My advice: Don't lead keep a iv hr flying when y'all lead keep simply come upwardly downward amongst the tummy bug. Thankfully, at that spot was a wonderful physician inwards Darwin who prescribed me some antibiotics that helped me experience good plenty that I could pass our in conclusion twenty-four hours at that spot doing touristy things.

Darwin Botanical Gardens - Darwin is inwards the tropics, together with then this was my origin fourth dimension inwards a true, tropical garden.

Walking Along The Wharf - Apparently nosotros were supposed to lookout adult man out for "Driverless Buses." We never saw one, but it didn't run past times away on us from becoming super curious. This article says that the motorbus is nonetheless alone operating amongst a driver present.

Crazy Acres Mango Farm - I'm non the hugest fan of mangoes, but Shaun is. So, he enjoyed the homemade H2O ice cream for the mango flavor. I enjoyed it because it was a cool treat.

Berry Springs Nature Park - Berry Springs is virtually 35 miles exterior of Darwin, together with it's a pop swimming hole for people inwards the area. The swimming hole is genuinely unopen for business office of the twelvemonth each twelvemonth due to the presence of crocodiles. Even though my sister-in-law ensured us that nosotros would live on condom from crocodiles at the fourth dimension of twelvemonth nosotros were visiting, I was nonetheless a combat nervous. Thanks to my tummy bug, I didn't halt upwardly climbing inwards the water. I simply dangled my legs over the edge.

More photos soon. I promise. After all, I can't run past times away on pictures of babe wombats together with videos of kangaroos eating almonds to myself.