Day 24. Darwin 27.7.23

 A busy day exploring in the car and on foot. We suffered both information and photo over load.

Military planes constantly going over the van park due to Operation Talisman Sabre. First up we went to see the WWII Oil Storage Tunnels.

Salvaged items sculptured into a string puppet to represent past and present  servicemen and civil workers who have experienced war.

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The lining is rusting away. 

Climbed a couple of sets of stairs to the Survivors Lookout. 

Naval ship in dock.

Supreme Court.

Unfortunately we didn't have an invite. 

Parliament house. 

Bennett Park. 

Popped into the Bush Traders Cafe and gallery. 

Unintentionally found a laneway full of murals.

There was quite a few more murals.

Fannie Bay Gaol. 

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Fannie Bay 

A 25 pounder field gun at the Military Museum. 

Land Rover Series 2 Anti Tank Vehicle (Gun Buggy)

Where Japan attacked.

A video simulation of the bombing of Darwin. 

The Aussie Digger.

The Buffalo 

Mobile workshop.

Leyland (Ferret) Scout Car.

Naval search light.

9.2" gun emplacement. 

On to Nightcliff 

Beautiful coloured rocks. Think it's zebra rock.

Plover.

A pair of birds cleaning up the bugs.

Tired after all that exploring we had a quick look at Lee Point. 

Finally we headed to Mindil Beach and markets for dinner and watched the sunset. 

The colours were beautiful but of course the Mobile phone can't capture it too well. The below 4 photos are from Gunthers new camera.