I had DD2 in Darwin when DH was in the army, I loved it there and found it really friendly and social but I had my own friends through work which made it better. I went to Darwin private and had a brilliant ob, I couldn't fault the care I got.
Where do you live? we were out at Durack, I used to go to Aqua aerobics at Palmerston pool which was good for getting out of the house!