Australia is big.

It covers 7,692.024 square km,The USA  9,629.091.
For 3 days now we are  sailing to Darwin, Australia's only  tropical city.Apparently every afternoon at 4 pm like clockwork thunder and lightening shakes the city to its foundations.It must be a breathtaking sight.A shopping centre and rain go hand in hand.And we will have a shuttle bus from the port to the  city centre.Lubbly jubbly.In Brisbane The Brisbane Arcade on Adelaide St is magnificent.The wi-fi is free and excellent,the seating provided  luxury itself. the choice of  outlets serving food  second to none,some shops are  glorious and I had discovered a little treasure trove called "Irma J. Smith" owned and run by Bronwyn.She has style rarely seen these days and is so beautiful,her skin peachy and wrinkle free, at the earliest opportunity I am going to  ask what she puts on her exquisite  face,it is neither botox nor surgery,I am sure. And if I ever go to Brisbane again, I am going to have an outfit run up by her seamstresses,everything she makes is one of a kind.
There was a silk dress I found in a  boutique,all fluff and frills, to the knee,pinkish with a gentle flower pattern, utterly adorable, but as I have 4 utterly adorable dresses on this cruise I have not worn yet,I thought no, not another dress I am not going to wear.And now I regret not buying it. I am an accidental shopper and find that what I buy on impulse I never regret. Only what I don't buy. Aaah,well.