Close to Darwin we encountered several fires, some with flames that seemed to be right up to the tracks. The fire didn't seem to be affecting the trees, just burning off the undergrowth.
We also saw evidence of many termites along the way. Some were quite huge.
We saw the efficiency of the Ghan team at work in Darwin as they worked with locals to get 350 or so people and their luggage loaded onto the correct bus headed for town.
We were dropped off at a central CBD hotel. The 15 minute, 1.1km walk had seemed like a good idea when we were on the train, but dragging our luggage in 29 degree muggy heat at the end of a long day wasn't such a good idea. Especially after taking a wrong turn added quite a few more steps, several of them vertical. When we passed a jogger for the second time he asked us where we were headed. He told us we were doing it the hard way, as we had just missed an elevator that would have made things a lot easier.
We eventually found the lockbox for the keys to our luxury waterfront apartment. Which didn't seem quite as luxurious, or waterfront as we had anticipated. However it did have a choice of restaurants on the ground floor. We were too tired to enjoy our meal, and tucked up in bed soon after.
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