Comments on: Darwin: The Crocs, The Heat, The Attitude https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/ Traveling full-time in a financially sustainable way Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-317331 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:19:00 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-317331 In reply to Clancy.

Hey Clancy – Well, I’m a staunch fan of complaining about the cold, which means I figure I need to buck up and shut up when it comes to taking the heat! But northern Australia in the summertime? Yep. That’s hot!
Tasmania would be perfect this time of year! Europe, I think (depending on where you go), might be a bit of a shock. 😉

]]> By: Clancy https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-317169 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 02:40:23 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-317169 Nice write-up. But hot damn am I sick of that kind of weather…even just living in Brisbane for a few years has opened my eyes to how white I am. And a trip to Broome which I think is on par with Darwin hammered the same point home.

Time to move to Europe or Tasmania or something I think.

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-185311 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:47:39 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-185311 @Cherry – Great tips! And yes, such a rugged place is easy to get under your skin and into your heart. Suicide season actually sounds really interesting! What a tease! 🙂

]]> By: Cherry Sewell https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-185309 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:43:19 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-185309 Darwin has always had a special place in my heart. I lived there way back in 1994 & 1995. Hot yes, but beautiful! The dry is really not that hot to be honest… definitely the best time to visit – and you may even get to wear a pair of jeans or (even more exciting) a jumper one or two evenings a year! The Mindil Beach markets (I think they’re called something else now) are only on during the dry.. and they’re awesome.. BUT if you want waterfalls then you have to go at the end of the wet… and if you want THE most spectacular electrical thunderstorms then you must go during the wet! So really it is a very special place all year round. The only time to stay away is in the ‘suicide season’ which is called ‘the build up’. That’s at the end of the dry when the wet is about to hit, it’s getting hotter and hotter and you NEED RAIN to get some relief… night after night you get teased with dark clouds and lightening and thunder… but no rain… the build up… until finally the rain comes… aaaahhh what a relief 😉 Awesome place.. I really must get back there some time.

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-44269 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:09:49 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-44269 @Anne – Ah…no flies! How magnificent! I’m sad to have missed Mindl beach markets, but how’s that about the croc! Yikes! 🙂

]]> By: Anne Humphrey https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-44167 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:57:44 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-44167 Darwin.Beautiful, balmy evenings, swaying rustling palm trees & so much to see & do with not enough tie to do the place justice. We loved it, but of course in June it is a very special place! No flies either! To us it was like a second honeymoon & yes the locals very friendly indeed! I had read of the terrible humidity during the wet season so was glad to choose the begining of the dry to be there.
We went along to the Mindl beach sunset markets with the intention of going down to the waters edge later on, but lazy me did not want to walk the distance to the water after spending so long on my feet.. next day we read that a woman was lucky to not meet the croc that surfaced a metre from her… they are scary enough behind bars!
Thanks Nora for bringing back wonderful memories for me!

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-35746 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:33:03 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-35746 @Katy – I’m glad Colin sent you my way…thanks for stopping by! Good luck on your downsizing – what a fun process that is, huh? 🙂

]]> By: Katy https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/darwin-the-crocs-the-heat-the-attitude/#comment-35660 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:05:09 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2154#comment-35660 This totally brought me back to being in Darwin in 2000. It was gross hot and I was sick with bronchitis so the city is a hazy feverish memory.

Just discovered your blog via a tweet from @colinismyname. Inspiring! And you’re Canadian. I’m following you now and looking forward to reading more of your adventures.

Safe travels.

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