Morning Walk, Darwin, Northern Territory

My Morning Walk Route

Encouraging Exercise

Beachside Fitness Station

Danger Sign for Box Jellyfish (click on photo to magnify and read the blurb)

Back to the city of my birth in the Top End of Australia. Darwin sure has grown into a sprawling tropical destination, and is home to my youngest son Mark (25 years old), 1 nephew, 4 nieces, 6 great-nieces and 1 great-nephew. I am staying in a very comfortable self-contained unit underneath one of my niece's house.

This morning I walked out her front gate, crossed the road and in less than a minute I was on a great exercise path that goes right along the Nightcliff beachfront. I was impressed with the efforts to encourage exercise - they had these neat little fitness stations complete with instructions on how to use the equipment. There were certainly a lot of people out taking advantage of the walking/cycling path and the beach itself. You have to be careful swimming in the sea between October and May here and in Queensland, as dangerous jellyfish deliver a nasty and sometimes fatal sting. Such is life in the tropics...when the humidity is the worst and the sea looks so inviting, the safest place to cool off is in your own swimming pool!