Darwin To Dilly

Darwin the Northern Territories multi-cultural capitol, famed for it's markets and festivals, stunning harbour, it's World Heritage listed Kakadu Natural Park and it's laid back lifestyle. We've had a short but very special visit here, we stayed with Martin Goreing and his mum Norah who has been visiting for a few weeks. On our first evening we joined a jolly group of the local Folkies down at Fisherman's Wharf a wonderful eating and social venue overlooking the Harbour. I tucked into a very reasonably priced fried fish platter, of Barramundi(local fish), Calamari and prawns with chips and salad, washed down with yet another ice cold beer, it's the norm in these parts. I saw Vin devouring an equally delicious looking oriental dish of Barramundi and noodles. Later in the evening we were treated to a spectacular sunset, unfortunately my camera doesn't do it full justice! We fed the fish from the edge of the wharf and watched shoals of them including golden snapper, black jewelfish, queenfish and small sharks team to the surface to polish off what was left of our fish & chips (cannibals). Last nights concert was held in the Railway Club in Parap not far from Martin's House. It's being reconstructed so it was a bit of a building site, not that that made any difference, the crowd were great and we had a fantastic evening. The lack of air conditioning made it bit uncomfortable and I was sweating buckets after my set, Vin was the same and came off stage dripping wet. I think I should stay up here for another couple of weeks, then I might just reach my target of losing a stone in weight before I come back home. Many thanks to Peter for collecting us from the airport, Chris for the sound, Martin for his hospitality, the endless suppply of ice cold beer and Nora for all the cups of tea. When we came back from the concert we played some Martyn Wyndham-Read tracks from his Jackeroo album, good on ya Martyn, there's a gig waiting for you here next time your passing through.