We walked down through Doctor’s Gulley, via a lane to the side of our hostel.
This area was formerly an area of market garden, successfully managed by the Chinese until about 1920, and after was a WW2 base for flying planes. This site was where Darwin’s expedition sourced their fresh water and fruits for their voyaging / explorations. A steamy place of tropical vegetation.
This area was formerly an area of market garden, successfully managed by the Chinese until about 1920, and after was a WW2 base for flying planes. This site was where Darwin’s expedition sourced their fresh water and fruits for their voyaging / explorations. A steamy place of tropical vegetation.
Saw a kingfisher and chatted to a woman with her elderly mother, both from Sydney region, both eager to slag off the Aborigines for ripping off the white Australians, an opinion which quite a few Aussies seem eager to express. We are still waiting to see any Aborigines who look rich and prosperous.
In the afternoon we decided to soak up a bit of culture in the museum. We had a good look at the natural history exhibits in an attempt to try and start to identify some of the unfamiliar creatures we had seen. They had an interesting exhibition featuring Cyclone Tracy which in the wee hours of Christmas morning in 1974 flattened large areas of Darwin, was classified as a national disaster, necessitating the evacuation of thousands of families, many of whom did not return.
The coffee shop/ café had a pretty view of the bay through the pandanus trees.
Phil had a cake and coffee, and I could indulge myself with a new favourite drink of lemon and lime bitters.
I would like to point out here that Sue also had cake (Phil)
We went back to pack up and get ready for another earlyish start at 6.30am to walk down to pick up the coach transfer to take us to the station to get on The Ghan train.
