We visited the yacht club for a cold drink and a Darwin sunset, and Sue was in her element, reliving her yachtie days, except this was a cold savvy blanc rather than a warm rum punch for sundowners!
Up early the next day and drove into Howard Springs Nature Park to hear the Ranger talk. The pool and dam wall were made by Australian soldiers in WWII with the area being used as a holiday retreat for the soldiers to recuperate from the front line. We fed the Barra's in the pool and then tried to find a "File Snake". Gus has been our wildlife spotter but is yet to find a snake, a live one anyway.
After the Barra feeding it was into town to the Wave Pool... lot's of fun!
We then visited the Northern Territory National Museum & Art Gallery near Mindil Beach. There was a brilliant array of animals on display and some great exhibitions, including Dairwin pre Cyclone Tracy and what's more ... it was free!
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| Map detailing all the different Aboriginal languages spoken in NT |
Thursday night was Mindil Markets and it was huge. There was every sort of food stall you could imagine and plenty of stalls selling art and crafts. We caught the sunset on our way in and were greeted by a MD, the rock star playing four digeridoos with a drum accompaniment.
We packed up the camp site at Howard Springs and made our way down to Berry Springs. This is another area which was used by the soldiers in WWII.
You wouldn't believe what happened next... we found another free water park at Palmerston. The final family showdown proved Sue the fastest overall, yet she is feeling it now in the upper arms.
Our last night was spent with Mouse & Samantha and the kids at Moil. We pulled up on the drive way and had a great night catching up, a big thanks to them for their kind hospitality, apologies for the Saturday morning headache that followed.
Socceroos 1 - Chile 3 - Bugga!