Darwin Festival in Australia

Are you crazy for travelling? Are you interested to travel around the world and planning to visit Australia, then this (May-Oct) is the best time to be in Australia. The Darwin festival which celebrates the vast multicultural aspects of lifestyle of the north territory of Australia. The Darwin festival is majorly an outdoor festival. This mainly occurs during the dry climate of Australia. 18 days of long celebration happens during Darwin festival. It comprises a series of long events including sports, music, concerts, theatre, arts, and workshops.

Darwin has a place in history during world war I. The population of Darwin are evacuated during the Pearl Harbor in December 1941. All the areas were under military control and they were bombed by Japanese Air Force.  In 1946 which is during the end of World War II, city reverted to civil control where most of the evacuated population returned to Darwin. The census records of 1947 of Darwin suggests that they have only people of around 2000 during the end of World War II.

Darwin is situated near Timor Sea.  This is the northern territory of Australia which is sparely populated. It’s a pioneer outpost. The city usually has a warm climate throughout the year but during the festive times the climate is warm and cool. During the festive season the city comes to live with a blue sky and the gentle warm breeze from the sea.

The main festive attraction of the city happens at the Mindil beach. A lot of people gather at the beach to view the amazing wireworks that happens all night. The beach comes to live at night with the shopping center and lot of foreign tourists. The beach also organizes music, concerts, theatre, art and the best part is the amazing local food. This festival offers a lot of opportunities for the locals to exhibit their work, art, music, screen printing, basket weaving and talent. This also includes cooking, morning yoga, water sports and meditation. Beer Drinking competition is also organized during the Darwin festive season.

Mandil beach is the popular beach in Darwin but Casuarina also a popular beach in Darwin. The best of these beaches is that these are unpolluted beaches which attracts a lot of tourists. Swimming is avoided during the festive season as there are a lot of jelly fishes. Salt water crocodiles are also very common in waterways. Barramundi which is the iconic fish in this region, visitors around the flock to Darwin to catch this prized Barramundi. Off the coast of Darwin blue water fishing is available. In the east point reserve there is a manmade lake. Swimming is accessible in this manmade Lake Alexander.

Including the beaches there are a lot of parks and gardens in Darwin. Not only the water sports but cricket is also organized in this region. In 2003, ICC has organized an International Test Cricket between Australia and Bangladesh. Football is played all over the year in Australia. Rugby competitions are organized every year in Australia.