Nighttime in Darwin

Well after a pretty unfun-filled and rainy day in Darwin I thought that I would crash for an hours sleep and then see what action there was in the nighttime scene.

Although some of the clubs had signs saying that they were closed for the rainy season, not all did, and with a few youth hostels, irish bars, a cinema and a mall all in close proximity to each other I thought that there would be a few happening places to go and hang out at.

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If Darwin is sleepy during the daytime then it is positively comatosed during the nights. Most of the bars, restaurants and pubs had closed by 9:30pm, not a good start and the thought that this would mean people roaming the streets looking for fun was also not on the cards.

I could not believe that the music from the few places that were still open was not enough to drown out the noise from the bats ( of flying foxes ) overhead or the cedars and crickets in the undergrowth.

I wandered past what might be considered the red light district of Darwin, that is if it had any red lights, if it had any women working on street corners and if the clubs and video booths were open. As it was, if it was not for the word Adult on a few store windows I swear that I would not have known the different and could have walked right past it without giving it a seconds pause.

After an hours fruitless stroll I decided to come back and was amused to see a group of three teenage /early twenties ladies all out on the pull and as equally frustrated and bemused at the lack of nighttime activities as I was, and had I not already mentally given up for the night and was only seconds away from my hostel I think I might have considered about heading on over and seing if we could make a rather unlikely foursome.

Back in the hostel it was as quiet as it was on the streets and so my firm advice is to stay away from Darwin if you dont like fishing and especially avoid if during the rainy season of November to March.