Destin, the best place I know for oysters. Add a wide, white, sugar sand beach, clear waters with dolphins swimming between your legs ... you could do worse.
Darwin is so hot, especially in November, as to be almost uninhabitable. We're going to Cairns, I think. I like Southern Spain, loved Southern France,but I fear European living is on a rapid decline. I'm sitting in Liege, Belgium now, watching it disintegrate.