Hot and Humid
17th February 2010 The capital of the Northern Territory, Darwin feels like quite a modern, prosperous city. This is probably due in part to the fact that most of the city has been destroyed on a few occasions, firstly by cyclones in 1897 and 1937, then by Japanese air raids during World War II and the last time on Christmas Day in 1974 when it was devastated by Cyclone Tracey. All the armed services have bases in the vicinity of Darwin and personnel for these services make up a good percentage of the population. ...