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Darwin Photo Gallery

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I’m back in Sydney after a couple of weeks in Darwin for work. It was an awesome time to be there, as the “wet season” hasn’t arrived yet. However, there were a couple of days of high humidity combined with high temperatures. On two separate days, I arrived at work with a slightly damp shirt.

When I wasn’t at work, I got to experience a little bit of the Darwin life-style. Obviously not the same as living there, and obviously not the same as being a complete tourist. There were, however, quite a few things which made me smile. Here’s some of them.

The Otherwise by Matthew Van Roden
Statement by Tarzan JungleQueen and Matthew Van Roden
Aphid Invasion by Tarzan JungleQueen
Love these artworks by Tarzan JungleQueen and Matthew Van Roden, I spotted on the outside of a carpark on the walk home one night.

Wallaby Lunch
Top End Tasting Plate
Tasting the top end, with emu, crocodile, kangaroo (not strictly top end, since kangaroos are found further south) and wallaby.

Darwin Drag Queen
Showtime at Throb
Drag King – Captain Carlos, who I actually know when she’s not in drag. She’s moved to Melbourne, but often revisits Darwin for work.
A couple of nights out on the town, enjoying the “gay life” of “Throb” nightclub, and Tuesday night, “Drag Queen Bingo”.

Classic NT News Headline - Millman Rogers Federer
Classic NT News Headline – Millman Rogers Federer
Stubbie Holders - CU in the NT and Darwin Pride
Number of stubby-holders I owned before coming to Darwin : 0. Number of stubby-holders I now own : 2. Thanks to friends and family for the gifts. One for each hand!

“Would you live there?”, my friend Sue asked me over dinner tonight. “Nah… cyclones”.

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James O’Brien

Born: Lismore / Widjabul Wia-Bal – Bundjalung Live : Sydney / Gadigal – Eora Also : Brisbane, Bourke, Renmark, Wagga, Perth Pronouns : He/him/his.

5 responses to “Darwin Photo Gallery”

  1. vgeller@aol.com Avatar
    vgeller@aol.com

    James, if you’re in Sydney, and in ultimo? my LA client , steve chiotakis, drive host from kcrw in santa monica, is visiting glover show right now…go say hi???? Xx Vg

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    1. James O'Brien Avatar
      James O’Brien

      Will do.

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    2. James O'Brien Avatar
      James O’Brien

      He was here last Thursday, when I was in Darwin.

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  2. Andrew Avatar
    Andrew

    Darwin feeds us lies. We were there midwinter, 30 every day and so humid. So out of character, locals told us. I think they lied Nevertheless, we liked our short holiday there. Now my memory fails me, but there was a gay bar there in a train carriage. It had closed by the time we visited but was the carriage still there or had the apartment development on the site began already? 2005 was quite a while ago. I think the bar Throb was operating when we were there. Such a shame that the thriving gay area at Cullen Bay has died, but then Melbourne’s gay metre, Commercial Road, and Sydney’s gay mile, Oxford Street, is not doing too well either. Times have changed. I have enjoyed your Darwin posts.

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    1. James O'Brien Avatar
      James O’Brien

      I remember the restaurant in the train carriage. Had the worst pool table in history – deep incline.

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