With our travel plans upended over the last couple of years, we decided to gradually get back into the travelling gig with a trip on the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide with stops at Katherine, Alice Springs (to check out Uluru and Kings Canyon) and Coober Pedy.
So it was an early start and off to Tullamarine Airport. I am always interested to see the march of technology in air travel and this trip did not disappoint with humans now totally eliminated from the check in and baggage drop phase.
We boarded our aircraft then had to sit on the tarmac for around two hours while they sourced a replacement for a missIng crew member.
This delay meant we did not get into Darwin till around 5pm. We checked into our hotel then went for a walk along the edge of Darwin’s Harbour and watched the sun set.
We then had a very nice dinner (barramundi, of course!) in the front garden dining area of the Novotel Hotel.
Hardys’ Travels 