My Journal: Mindil beach sunset market, Darwin, Australia

It was 20090614.

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Mindil beach, Darwin, Australia

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On the way to the Mindil beach by walk
步行前往 Mindil 海灘的路上

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Mindil beach sunset
Mindil 海灘的日落

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The crowd were enjoying the sunset
觀賞日落的人群

Even though it is Winter, the temperature might be more than thirty degree. In Mindil beach, you can't see anyone playing in the water or surfers surfing on the wave, the sea surface here was extremely calm. People here chatted in group with food on their hands and enjoyed the orange sunset. The others kept pressing camera shutter against people and the sunset. There is a kind of box jellyfish around this sea area, that's the reason no one swims here. Australian like surfing and swimming very much. (Wiki: Box jellyfish are best known for the extremely powerful venom possessed by some of their species. Box jellyfish venom is the most deadly in the animal kingdom and has caused at least 5,568 recorded deaths since 1954.)
就算是冬天，溫度依然能到達三十度以上。在 Mindil 海灘看不到在水裡戲水的人群、看不見玩浪的沖浪者，海面異常的平靜。人們各自成群聊著天，手上拿著美食一邊欣賞著橘紅色的落日。另一群人則是不停的對著日落和人們按起快門。遊客不下水的原因是這裡的海域有一種立方水母。澳洲人可是超愛沖浪、玩水的。（維基：澳洲箱形水母是世界最毒的動物，其重要特徵是傘體呈立體箱形狀以及有四條較粗壯的觸手，它的刺細胞所釋出的毒性比眼鏡蛇還要毒，可以讓人在幾分鐘內死亡。）

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Danger, Box Jellyfish

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Mindil beach sunset
Mindil 海灘的日落

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Mindil beach
Mindil 海灘

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Mindil beach sunset
Mindil 海灘的日落

This beach is famous for it's sunset market. It located within a 15-20 minutes walk from the city and started in 1987 with just 40 stalls. I think it attracts lots of people, business and stalls since it suits for sunset seeing. It runs during the Dry season, every year from May to October, on Thursdays(5PM to 10PM) and Saturdays(4PM to 9PM), the markets have more than 60 stalls offering international cuisine, from Turkey, Greece, Sri Lanka, Asia, etc. It's a great place to pass time due to the live street music and over 200 stalls.
這個海灘是因為這裡的日落夜市而聞名。距離市區約十五至二十分鐘的路程。在一九八七年成立初期，只有四十個攤販。我想也是因為適合看日落，才會吸引大量的人潮、商機與攤販。每年的五月至十月之間的週四（晚上五點至十點）及週六（晚上四點至九點），有超過六十個以上的美食攤位，提供世界各國的不同食物，土耳其、希臘、斯里蘭卡、亞洲等。現場音樂表演以及將近兩百個攤位絕對是個消磨時間的好地方。

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Midil beach sunset market
Midil 海灘夜市

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Midil beach sunset market
Midil 海灘夜市

As I know, there're only two night markets, another one is an indoor one in Cairns.
就我所知，澳洲好像只有兩個夜市，另外一個則是在凱因斯的室內夜市。