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Old 11th April 2009, 09:06 PM   #159
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Originally Posted by Sideroxylon View Post
Australia’s remote northern state capital Darwin is a great place to visit. The Mindil Beach markets are a must where you can enjoy great Asian food while watching a spectacular sunset from the beach. The markets are only open during the dry season (May – October) which is the best time to visit anyway. In the wet it buckets down for days on end with some great lightning shows – according to wiki 1,634 lightning strikes were recorded in the space of a few hours in 2002. You can’t go swimming in the sea either during the wet because of the deadly box jelly fish. You want to be pretty careful where you swim anyway because of the crocodiles. The fishing is great in the sea and rivers – you don’t have to go far to try for a barramundi.. It’s also a great staging place for a visit to the world heritage listed Kakadu National Park.

That's the spirit! What a great post; informative and descriptive with links to further reading. Thank you.

Just one point though. As I've previously mentioned, swimming in the sea puts one at less risk from the crocodiles because the sharks eat most of them. Sharks with box jellyfish in their mouths, and when they chase you they shoot box jell . . .


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