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On Wednesday, I celebrated my 23rd birthday, 13,500km away from home. Thanks to Padi and Ross, I had a great day. Ross gave me a special birthday gift, a bottle of vodka. 😉 He...
Last weekend we went to Hidden Valley where the race tracks are located. There is a kart track and a track for regular car races. And a mud racing track. The track is built side...
Leaving Katherine for Darwin - big city & near the coast, so perfect for preparations for the next part of the trip combined with beach time & markets & sunsets....
Darwin at night.
We're enjoying the sunny weather and missing the typical Wet Season thunderstorms. But they are supposed to occur more frequently after Christmas, we are curious. Darwin is one...
We have simply enjoyed the last few days. Our day started with sleeping in, having a leisurely breakfast, and then thinking about what to do. We spent quite a lot of time with...
This time the post is a bit late. We have both been working hard for the past two weeks and glad to go to bed in the evening. Last weekend on July 1st was Territory Day. It...
The last few days it has been raining a lot and the maximum temperature was 28 degrees. Luckily, we have good raincoats with us. :) The fleece jackets were also frequently used...
After only 2 1/2 hours flight we reached Darwin, in Australia it was already 5 o'clock in the morning. We spent some time at the airport until 7 o'clock when we took a taxi to...
Besides changing locations and cars, there was surprisingly some nightlife...
After some thought and strenuous farm work, I decided to return to Darwin. There I resumed my old job as a waitress in the hotel and spent the 4.5 months from April to...
After an incredibly hot weather phase in the Outback (43 degrees during the day), we continued to Darwin, where unfortunately we did not get to cool off. Pools with 35 degrees,...
04.+05.08.2019 04.08.2019 Today was the farewell of Jana. She was picked up in the evening by the family where she will be taking care of the children. So she packed her...
07/28/2019 At 08:30 Jana's alarm clock rang. We wanted to have enough time in the morning to rearrange our things and have breakfast. After checking out, we lay in the hammock...
At noon today, we decided together with Vanessa to fly to Bali for 1 week. We managed to get cheap last minute tickets and now, 5 hours later, we are sitting at the airport in...
Slowly but surely, after weeks in which we were stuck together in a small car, we really started to get on each other's nerves and we fought more and more often. But we were...
We will have winter soon in Australia, called 'dry season' here in Darwin. The wind blows a little more every day and it's getting cooler at night. During the day we have 30 -...
Today we drove about 15 minutes out of town to Lake Alexander. A great park with a lake for swimming, children's playground and free BBQ facilities. We relaxed there in the...
Arriving in Darwin, the climate seemed surprisingly pleasant to us. As mentioned, we were really afraid that we wouldn't be able to cope here and just wanted to move on. We...
When we're not hiking through the national parks of the Northern Territory, everyday life consists of many beautiful things: Working at the Adina Vibe Restaurant on the...
Now we have been living in an apartment for a few days. Luckily, because the weather is already in the 'wet season', it's hot (38 degrees with 80-100% humidity) and there are...
First, unload...
The jet lag still has a grip on us, which means we are wide awake at night and sleeping like rocks in the morning. After getting up, we explored the botanical garden and Mindil...
It took a while, but our Outback video is finally here - filled with scenes from our adventure with our Machina.
We have changed our travel plans. Since Friday we are back in Darwin. Unfortunately, we have been plagued by colds and the like for the past two weeks, either alternately or...
Welcome to Darwin, the City of crocodiles! We have arrived safely in Australia, but not much has happened yet. First, we need to organize things like our phone number and bank...
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day for the first time in our lives. Here in Darwin, this day is a public holiday, so only the most essential things were open. Therefore, the...
We flew to Darwin this morning with a stopover in Alice Springs (0.5 h or 1 hour 50). There's not much to see in the city. Plus, it's pretty hot around 30 degrees, but the...
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