This is the most visited event in darwin annually for a reason. from the variety of amazing food, ranging from thai, malaysian, american, mexican, and of course australian, and then some; Including some unique options like croc, and kangaroo, you can find just about anything you would want to eat here at the markets. There are plenty of booths selling local jerky, clothing, goods and services, for example, you can get a quick massage, or buy some locally made jerky, maybe get your palm read by a psychic, or just walk around and enoy the family friendly atmoshphere. You can find authentic aboriginal art, boomerangs, didgeridoos, croc leather goods, and jewelry. This is a must do for a visiting tourist or backpacker. and then after you bought yourself a crocodile vest, had some laksa and a kangaroo burger, seen a whip demonstration, listened to some digeredoo music, and had some mini pancakes for dessert, you can sit down on the beach and watch an amazing sunset over the ocean with music and firedancers performing all around you. Do yourself a favor and do this if your in the area during the dry season.

We attended on the night of the Mindil beach markets which had food from every corner of the world. After looking at all the options, we decided on Sri Lanka beef curry dishes. As we live on the Australian east coast we do not experience sunsets over the ocean but only sunrises. See the sunset over the ocean was quite extraordinary with the many colours as the sun disappeared over the horizon.

Like so many, we visited the Mindil Beach Markets then headed onto the beach to watch the sunset. It was incredible and made me realise how seldom we slow like to take pleasure in the simple things - like a glorious sunset over the water. The kids loved finding heaps of hermit crabs and when the sun did finally set there was a gentle round of applause from the crowd. Magic.