Hi everyone, bit of a long blog tonight- we have been busy for the last few days. We are really enjoying Darwin. Yesterday we a had a visit to our van from the fellow below!
Pictures below of the Darwin Military Museum. They had a great sound & film show called "The Defence of Darwin".
Ariel photo of Darwin Harbour showing various routes of the Japanese bombers
View to the wharf (where we had lunch a few days ago) It is safe to swim in this lagoon
Next to the lagoon is this fantastic Wave Pool- we are looking foward to having a swim there soon
Today we went to the fish feeding centre (below)- stacks of fun. I actually patted a fish! They come to the edge of the bay at high tide & swim around your feet (I guess they have no sense of smell!)
A fish making off with a whole bread roll!
Speak no evil,hear no evil, see no evil
High tide
Darwin Aviation Museum-I am standing next to a B52 bomber, only 1 of 2 on display in the world. The pictures don't really show how massive this plane is-it's wing spans take up the whole hanger & virtually every other plane on display is under the wings of it. The museum is next to the RAAF Airbase & while we were there about 7 military jets took off, just screaming into the sky. It made the experience of looking at planes in the museum far more real. It was donated to the Museum by the American Airforce and renamed "Darwin's Pride"
Grae in the wheel bay of the B52
Mirage fighter jet
Tail wreckage of a Mirage that crashed near Darwin in the eighties- pilot bailed out safely
Fighter jets over Darwin
Coming in to land
Tonight we went to the Sunset Market at Mindil beach- huge amount of food stalls from stacks of different countries, especially Asia. A really lovely evening & great atmosphere. Temp 26 degrees.
Goodnight!
