DARWIN

Getting ready to leave Kakadu Lodge on our way to Darwin



on the way

on the way

stopped at Corroboree Park for the night

 

local pet

 

Local water Buffalo 

local visitors, oops that us!

 

good place for pizzas tonight

Arnhem Highway crossing over Adelaide River

leaving Arnhem Hwy onto Stuart Hwy

finally Darwin Harbour

Darwin on the hill

Mindil sunset Markets

 

Mindil Beach

 

every one wants to see the sunset 

 

and what a beauty it was

 

 

 a place cool off at our park.....

 

....the Oasis Caravan Park, our home for a week, great park with plenty of trees, green grass and shade......

.......and Shazza's pies

 

out and about Darwin again the next day

 Darwin CBD..... The Mall, great place for a Latte and people watching

 

Lunch, fish and chips on the wharf

in the Royal Flying Doctor Service Tourist Facility

John Flynn's letter to the Prime Minister, looking for support



the whole facility was fantastic, spent a couple of hours there, back to camp to cool off now.

next day, Fannie Bay on one side ........

 and lake Alexander on the other

 this is where the big guns were

WW11 Oil Storage Tunnels below the cliffs of Darwin, they were built to protect the oil stored in Darwin from Japanese bombing

 wave lagoon-Darwin waterfront

 non wave lagoon-Darwin waterfront, getting hot, back to camp to cool off again

 

 Sky Casino Darwin front view

Sky Casino Darwin rear view

We had....

 the best

lunch ...$9.95 each all you could eat and top quality

 couldn't be......

.....happier....but not going to do much else today

 Sharon getting spoiled in Darwin

Plenty of space and greenery around our Campsite

at Oasis Caravan Park Darwin