Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory - not especially interesting in its own right though known as something of a melting pot of different cultures. We went there as a base to visit Kakadu National Park - famous for its wildlife and ancient aborigine paintings. To reach Kakadu, we rented a campervan - quite expensive but good fun...

We were quite disappointed by Kakadu - the four-hour drive from Darwin to Kakadu was monotonous and much of the park was boring too. The aborigine paintings are quite attractive and interesting but, had we known, we would have preferred to look at them in a book rather than making this detour to see them. Here's a couple of samples, anyway.

The only high point of our stay at Kakadu was a boat trip through the wetlands - dozens of crocodiles and spectacular bird life.