You know you're in the Top End when...

You drive with both your Air Conditioning AND your windscreen wipers going full ball (in the Wet at least).

You've realised for the first time that lightning can actually be beautiful.  And a daily event.

The population of your "city" is a six figure number.

You can't remember the last time you wore pants.  Or shoes.

You have two AFL games a season that you can go to, but they're virtually VFL quality because it's always between the worst teams in the competition.

Gazza.  They just needed to kick it to him more.

It goes Darwin, Palmerston (15 kms out) then Katherine (311 kms out).

Faraway Downs from "Australia" doesn't feel too far away.

You watch guys play basketball for several hours without even taking a drink, having already consumed 3 litres yourself.

23 degrees = cold.

32 degrees = average.

Nothing like a refreshing walk through the streams of Buley Rockhole.

You live across the road from the beach but never swim in it (which is why you head inland to the rivers).

Somehow, a croc manages to make it into the paper EVERYday.


You pick up coconuts just randomly off the ground and husk and eat.

I'm Filipino.  Of course I know how to husk a coconut.  That's totally not true.  I couldn't have done it without my father-in-law's knowledge and skills.  Speaking of which...  It was fantastic to have them come and visit!