Q. So how have you been since we last communicated?
A. Well, busy to put it in one word. After packing up our lives in New Zealand we
now live in Darwin, with a two week long stopover in South Australia. It was a whirlwind period and I feel like I
have lost the past few months.
Q. Are you happy to be back in Australia? I know you missed it a lot while living in
New Zealand.
A. Yes indeed, I did
miss Australia and have written in the past how I pined for the sounds of the Australian
bush, the smell of eucalyptus, the bright wide open spaces and so forth. Having said that though, there were always
going to be things I’d miss about New Zealand once I had left. So while I am enjoying being back here, I
often think about what I have left behind.
I anticipate moving back there again one day, perhaps in the not too
distant future.
Q. Wow, breaking news, we will save that for another
interview then! So, what was your first
impression of Darwin?
A. Having been here many times as a tour guide, I did have
some idea what I was getting myself in to.
It has certainly grown in the past 10 years though, with several high
rise buildings now giving a definitive urban outline to the skyline. It is remains a lovely, tropical and sunny
city surrounded by blue ocean and palm trees swaying in the breeze. The ‘dry’ season has just begun so the
savannah woodland which makes up most of the landscape here has begun to dry
out. We live about half an hour south of
Darwin, so I enjoy a drive through this harsh environment which then gives way to
the tropical parks and gardens of Darwin city.
It’s a nice transition.
TBC in the next post
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