sun bits :D ) The question - what do you use to combat the midgies up there, other than the garlic and vits? I had a MASSIVE reaction to them in Darwin (didn't have an issue for the previous 4 months anywhere else, sob), to the point I said I don't think I could go back (almost put in hospital bad), despite using a cocktail of bug sprays, covering up, taking vats of vegimite/pills etc, keeping in as much as possible (bearing in mind we live out of a campervan, so not as easy as being in a house situation) and doing everything you are meant to. Any recommendations on specific bug sprays or other home-brew type things? My legs were the most disgusting thing you have ever seen after three weeks up there lol. Cheers if you've got any thoughts on that one... I little advise with regards to the mosquitos in Darwin....for those of you who don't already know they don't just come out at night, they are out all day in Darwin and tend to be worse just before a full moon. Apparently mosquitos don't like quinine which is an ingredient in tonic water. Its worth taking every precaution there is in Darwin to avoid getting bitten as there are a lot of mosquito boune diseases in that area (Murray Valley, Ross River, Kunjin and Barmah Forest viruses). I personally knew a few people in Darwin who had contracted Ross River virus and its not something you