14/08/2026
We arrived in Darwin for the first time for six days.
We stayed right on the Esplanade overlooking the water and very quickly discovered that Darwin really does have incredible sunsets.
Most evenings we’d wander down to the foreshore to watch the sun disappear over the water, sometimes with camels casually strolling past, which certainly isn’t something we see at home in Melbourne.
We also discovered the electric scooters… and Vince, in particular, became slightly obsessed. We could barely get him off one.
Darwin’s beautiful beaches aren’t generally somewhere you just jump in for a swim, thanks to saltwater crocodiles and seasonal marine stingers.
Instead, we spent our afternoons at the Darwin Waterfront, swimming in the beautiful saltwater lagoon, soaking up the winter sun.
And of course, wherever I travel, I’m always looking for historic buildings.
Sadly, Darwin has lost so much of its early architecture first through the bombing of Darwin during World War II, and then again when Cyclone Tracy devastated the city in 1974. But I did manage to find a few.
One evening we dressed up and headed to the award-winning P*e Wee’s at the Point, overlooking Fannie Bay. Beautiful food, beautiful setting!
Then came something completely different.
The jumping crocodiles on the Adelaide River.
We climbed aboard this little open air boat and suddenly had enormous saltwater crocodiles launching themselves out of the water within a metre of us. It was a shock, slightly terrifying and an absolute privilege to see these magnificent prehistoric creatures in the wild and so incredibly close.
Then it was on to Litchfield National Park where we swam in pristine freshwater swimming holes while the kids climbed the rocky embankments and leapt into the water below, a perfectly simple afternoon.
We left Litchfield, hearts full, for our last sunset before hoping on a plane and heading to Broome which turned out to be the favourite place which we’ll show you in our next reel.
