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Short weekend visit to Darwin towards the end of the winter dry season

Jonathan Haycock

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Winter is by far the best time to visit Darwin as humidity is low, temperatures are consistently perfect (32-35C), and the weather is predictably dry. Very pleasant conditions indeed. Darwin was actually our first port of entry when we emigrated from UK back in 2019. I've been smitten with the city ever since. I would say late May/June/July are the best months to visit. After that, the build up to the wet season steadily ramps up humidity as the summer wet season approaches. I was there last December, between Christmas and New Year, and can verify the humidity is no joke. Within seconds of stepping out of ones car, you are drenched in sweat. 

Circumstances dictated a last minute trip to Darwin was necessary this past weekend so I booked a flight for Friday evening, returning early Monday morning. The journey by plane is just over 4 hours from Brisbane, which for context would be the roughly equivalent of flying from Birmingham, UK to Tenerife, Spain, or a 37 hour drive!!! 😂. My wife was working that weekend so I took my 9 year old boy with me. He was particularly happy about that as his best mate (from when both our families resided in Adelaide) now lives in Darwin. We arrived just after midnight of Friday evening to a lovely cool 20+C degrees, Saturday and Sunday were circa 32-33C, but it was noticeably more humid on Sunday.

Anyway enough rambling, here's some pictures I took of palms during my visit (mostly from George Brown Botanical Garden). Hope you enjoy.

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Carpentaria acuminata can be quite variable and often catches me out concerning ID. These were particularly nice stocky trunked examples.

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How I wish SE Queensland had the climate to grow Nypa fruticans.

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Sunday morning shot of this beautiful Cyrtostachys elegans.

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Bismarckia nobilis “Green form” looking pristine without irrigation in what appears to be the driest part of the gardens.

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Staff at the gardens weren't sure what this was. Certainly an Attalea, some suggested A. cohune.

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No ID on this, but I had an initial inkling it was a Ptychococcus, seed later confirming P. paradoxus.

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One of my absolute favourites, Neoveitchia storckii. Never seem to hold seed here though, nor Townsville for that matter. Probably don't like the extended dry. I have witnessed them fruiting in Rockhampton.

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A couple of bonus shots from Darwin Trailer Boat Club on Saturday evening. That sunset was something else!!! Food was more than decent too.

Cheers 🍻.

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Running around the country again!

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Thanks for the pics Jonathan. It’s great to go on others palmy journeys. 

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Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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Mahalo Jonathan for photos of this garden. We visited back in October 2023 and prior to the trip our friends in Brisbane told us Darwin would be ‘bloody hot and dry.’,’ That it was, but enjoyed the garden and would visit again given the chance. 

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Thanks for sharing your photos -- most of the palms look really good considering it's dry season. When are the best months for visiting Darwin and Kakadu NP, and such?

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15 hours ago, Tyrone said:

Thanks for the pics Jonathan. It’s great to go on others palmy journeys. 

My pleasure Tyrone. 

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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3 hours ago, realarch said:

Mahalo Jonathan for photos of this garden. We visited back in October 2023 and prior to the trip our friends in Brisbane told us Darwin would be ‘bloody hot and dry.’,’ That it was, but enjoyed the garden and would visit again given the chance. 

Tim

It’s one of my favourite places to visit in Australia Tim. Apparently early December is the worst time for heat and humidity, so I’d love to experience that at some stage. Late December 2024 was pretty extreme for my palette, but apparently it gets more tasty than that 🤣.

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53 minutes ago, Kim said:

Thanks for sharing your photos -- most of the palms look really good considering it's dry season. When are the best months for visiting Darwin and Kakadu NP, and such?

Early to mid dry season I’d say Kim (May-July). We’ve visited end of May before and it was beautiful weather (low 30’sC and blue skies, low humidity). Locals often say that if the dry was year round, it’d probably be the most populated city in Australia because the climate at that time is so perfect (assuming access to fresh water of course). 

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@Jonathan Haycock Thank you! I would enjoy seeing that part of Australia. 

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18 hours ago, Kim said:

@Jonathan Haycock Thank you! I would enjoy seeing that part of Australia. 

It’s worth it, if only to visit Hydriastele ramsayi in habitat. 

For those of you that frequent Facebook, I’ve set up a group called “Pommy palms”, where many of the palms I’ve seen since emigrating to Australia have been documented. If you wish to be a member, copy and paste “Pommy palms” into Facebook to view the page and click “Join group”.

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