Any past or future pilgrims in the Top End?

[Donna Sch]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

 

[malingerer]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

thought for a minute the Top End was up here in Yurp! Good luck anyways! Had my first Covid jab yesterday and second due inside 12 weeks. The church is closed so cant do my 20 pence candle and the bookies is closed so cant do a humble bet to fund my camino but I CAN drink coffee and my new batch of Uruba and good red wine is coming on nicely. I totter along to the supermarket for necessities and that's my exercise. I do my nam myohs of an evening to speed the defeat of this wretched virus and am going to treat myself to David G's book on Pilgrimage. I intend to harangue God at least twice a day until I set foot in Iberia again Meet for coffee? Lets have a mental rave up with continental distancing!!

Yours in bedlam

Samarkand.

PS Buen Camino

 

[cathn]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

If only!!’

 

[trecile]

Anyone want to meet for coffee?

Meet for coffee? What's that like?!

 

[J F Gregory]

We meet for coffee here. But stand outside the coffee shop because there's no place to set. It is worth the fellowship.

 

[Ellen Gotts]

We are so blessed in the Top End. Only Covid cases are in a quarantine in ex workers camp and a very few in local hospital , mostly repatriated from Overseas .my heart goes out to the rest of the world.
Donna we will have to connect. I am in Bees Creek

 

[Anamiri]

We can have coffee here, but no other Camino addicts to share it with

 

[Lou Lulu]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

Hi Donna
My husband and I did the CF in 2019. We live in Darwin. Would love to catch up.

 

[Peregrinopaul]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

If only! Fond memories of a unique city.
I left Darwin in October '73. The Fanny Bay house I lived in was obliterated 3 months later.

 

[AlwynWellington]

Anyone want to meet for coffee?

I'll have to swim across The Ditch and then a wee bit more to Adelaide.

After that the Ghan all the way - I can't carry enough water to get between coffee stops after Adelaide.

Which year do you suggest?

 

[Lou Lulu]

I'll have to swim across The Ditch and then a wee bit more to Adelaide.

After that the Ghan all the way - I can't carry enough water to get between coffee stops after Adelaide.

Which year do you suggest?

Start swimming now and you may make it for next year. You will certainly deserve a Gold Class cabin on the Ghan after that!

 

[Lexicos]

It's tough for everyone.
It's a time when you need to be tougher than the rest.
We got so used to flying around.
It's time to invest in things close by.
And to enjoy things other than .....
Coffee sounds good. If only.
I've not been to the top end.
Maybe I'll walk up from the bottom end!

 

[Myra Ramsay]

Keen to catch up with others from the Top End who have walked the Camino. I have sent private messages - I hope I managed to do so - to Donna and Ellen Gotts. Maybe a time and place could be set on this thread. Feel we all probably have a Camino related T shirt to wear for identification. Hope we can make this happen. I live in Wanguri.

 

[Martyduc]

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If only! Fond memories of a unique city.
I left Darwin in October '73. The Fanny Bay house I lived in was obliterated 3 months later.

Hi,, I also lived in Darwin in 73,, and also left in October,, headed overland!!

 

[grayland]

It looks like there are at least 5 pilgrims in Darwin who are anxious to get together. Hope someone can get a meet together.

 

[Robbian]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

Hi Donna, we would love to be part of a camino chat/coffee. We got to Singapore in March on our way to Spain and realised how serious things were when Changi was empty. Returning to Darwin on the next flight. Robyn and Ian of Coconut Grove

 

[Donna Sch]

Foreshore Cafe in Nightcliff as a meet-up spot? What times do people suggest?

 

[Robbian]

Great.Foreshore suits us. We are out of town until the weekend. Our time is mostly flexible.

 

[grayland]

It may be a good time to form a local Pilgrim group.
A local group is a great source for organizing walks and coffee sessions

A Facebook group is a good place to maintain contact.

Good luck!

 

[Myra Ramsay]

Foreshore is a great choice. Suggest meeting Saturday afternoon. Over to you Donna.

 

[camino07]

Foreshore is a great choice. Suggest meeting Saturday afternoon. Over to you Donna.

I have a Camino friend who lives in Darwin and she is interested in joining you. Can you post what time and date you are meeting at the Foreshore café.

 

[Donna Sch]

This Saturday arvo sounds good to me. I can do any time. How does 5pm sound or is that too late?

 

[Robbian]

This Saturday arvo sounds good to me. I can do any time. How does 5pm sound or is that too late?

Good for us. Cheers

 

[Myra Ramsay]

Thanks for organising this catch up, Donna. Will wear a Camino shirt. Robin of Robbian, you will recognise me anyway. Five at the Foreshore sounds fine to me.

 

[Donna Sch]

5 pm at the Foreshore Cafe this Saturday. Wear your favourite camino shirt!

 

[Sweething]

Good on you guys! I'll be thinking of you on Saturday at 3:30pm (AEDT) .

 

[Sbandias]

I'm based in Darwin and am always down for a conversation on all things Camino. Anyone want to meet for coffee?

Hi Donna
i live in Darwin …my plans to walk the Camino in 2020 were interrupted by COVID …now hope to walk it in 2023 … would be interested in hearing of your experience

 

[Sbandias]

Hi Donna
My husband and I did the CF in 2019. We live in Darwin. Would love to catch up.

Foreshore is a great choice. Suggest meeting Saturday afternoon. Over to you Donna.

hi - only just came across these posts from the Top End - I’m planning on walking the Camino in 2023 - would love to catch up and get the benefit of all your experience