#1 Son and his fam are up there at the moment catching up with in-laws and school, sports teammates etc (they go up every 2nd Xmas for 6 weeks or so).
Back in 88' when we first moved to Darwin 'shitty traffic' was if both you and the neighbour left for work within 30 minutes of each other, Palmerston was a name on a map and Coolalinga was considered time for a beer stop on the way south :-)