Day 78 – Darwin, Flix in the wet.

I discovered late yesterday that on a weekend this place basically shuts down. Most shops shut at 1 or 2 on a Saturday afternoon and don’t open at all on a Sunday. Bars and stuff yes but anything else no, so I was at a bit of a loose end. Before I came to Darwin I googled about an outside cinema, as they’re everywhere in Australia, especially in the summer, because of the good weather. I found that although it’s rainy season they were putting on films every Sunday called ‘Flix in the wet’. I watched the trailer for ‘Short term 12’ and thought it looked quite interesting and a ticket to go was only $10 so I thought, why not! I made my way to the Deckchair Cinema which is near the harbour but as I got there I realised I was in the wrong place… obviously it’s rainy season so why would they show the films outside? Silly me! So I made my way back up the long flight of stairs to where my hostel was and about 1 block down was the cinema. Finally in the right place! The film was alright but it had a bit of an abrupt ending, the best bit about the experience was being in an air-conditioned cinema escaping the humidity of outside.

I left the cinema and walked down to the lagoon for a chill in the sun, quick swim and to read my book. When I finished here I made my way back to my hostel because I still had a few hours of internet leftover from the night before so I booked my Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stay and researched about some other things. The most annoying thing about this place is to use the internet you have to sit in the lobby because although you can connect to the wifi in your room the signal doesn’t actually work.