International Food and Cultural Festival

There was an International Food and Cultural Festival tonight at the local Buddhist Temple in Leanyer.



I picked up James from his accommodation at the ANU campus near CDU and we had a meal and a couple of hours of talent and music which included Dragon and Lion Dancing from the Chung Wah Society, indigenous dancing from "One Mob, Different Country" and Irish Dancing.

Friday night at Robyn and Ian's house

Spent the night at Robyn and Ian’s house Troppo designed house.


They were delighted that I was able to locate a copy of “Troppo: Architecture for the Top End” in one of the local libraries.

Robyn and Ian cooked a great Anzac Day breakfast for their guests... thanks!
This Green Tree frog was one of many about the place; another decided the roof of my car was a good place to sit:

Chloe liked her photo shoot

Whilst we waited for her mother to come home Chloe posed for me on the front lawn:

Wednesday night at Darwin Sailing Club

James,Jeanette and Frieda joined Barbara,Chloe and I at the Darwin Sailing Club.

A pleasant Sunday afternoon

Robyn and Ian have just moved into this lovely Troppo home and we enjoyed several relaxed hours there on Sunday. The house was designed by the famous Troppo architect team as the "Rossetto House" in 1985

Saturday evening

We went to Sonya and Joes house to help celebrate young Robyn’s birthday.
Some interesting characters there, including “Stretch”, “Bones” and “Curly”. Even Joe it seems never uses his birth name having always answered only to Joe!
I asked Curly to allow me to photograph the very impressive mural on his bar next door. It was created by a friend from an original photograph of one of the local drinking spots at Nightcliff

Saturday morning

Barbara arrived this morning at 2am on the flight from Adelaide with her daughter Chloe. Barb is in Darwin for a week for training with the law fraternity in the Top End. We had a touristy morning with a visit to the Parap market and then to the Art Galley and Museum. Had my usual lovely brunch at the Cornucopia Café of Eggs Royal.
Chloe enjoyed seeing the crocodiles big and small and also the dressups etc





This is Sweetheart, all 5.1 metres of him....

Interesting to think about the 4 metre monster at Fogg Dam..

A visit to Fogg Dam with James, Jayshree and Peter..

I promised James via email that on his first weekend here I would take him out to Fogg Dam. Peter and Jayshree joined us as well.

James Duncan at Darwin Sailing Club

I just spent a few pleasant hours introducing the new CDU Liaison Librarian, James Duncan to Darwin, I drove him around the town and we enjoyed a meal and a few drinks at the Darwin Sailing Club. I first met him in Brisbane a few years ago at an ANZILL Conference. Big change for James, yesterday he was a resident of Wellington, New Zealand.