Newbie from South Africa.. to Darwin

[Loqua]

I spent 10 years in Darwin... grew up there pretty much, from age 8 to 18. My parents finally sold their house and moved south in 2007. I still miss it, particularly the wet season storms!

Darwin has a lovely vibe. The humidity is definitely manageable, although you may want to avoid planning to do much outdoors between midday and 4pm. As the others have said, there are a lot of swimming pools around, and houses either have airconditioning or ceiling fans. One of my first memories of arriving in Darwin was of how excited my sister and I were to find it was warm when it rained! We spent most of our time swimming, and adapted to the climate pretty quickly.

Very excited for you!

[Arleneg75]

Thanks for the encouraging reply Loqua. I am looking forward to it.

I had a look at the humidity statistics and Durban, the city I grew up in, has humidity of 80% in Summer and Darwin is up to 83% so I guess I should be able to survive.

[mrsmac]

It used to be 95% some days when we were there in the wet season but with the air con everywhere you do survive!

[Arleneg75]

95% humidity!!! Yikes, that sounds bad.