The monsoon is often hailed as the relief from the Top End's stifling build up. But after arriving behind schedule this year, the Territory's first monsoonal burst is almost over and it hasn't brought ...

Top End Monsoon Surfing at the Nightcliff Beach, Darwin. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin “Despite a brief burst of monsoon-like conditions across the Top End last weekend, the onset of the monsoon ...

Read the details. The Bureau said the fleeting burst of “monsoon-like” conditions at the weekend, while bringing cool, cloudy and sometimes wet weather, was not the onset of the monsoon ...