Saturday the 6th of August, Darwin, Northern Territory

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The Northern Territory’s Parliament House

We’ll the last couple of days in Darwin we have been doing a bit of sight seeing, shopping and resting. Yesterday, we did a bit of driving around the suburbs of Darwin, from Nightcliff to the CBD and the waterfront and then out to Casurina. Today we spent most of the day watching Polocross at the reserve we are staying at. It was a lot of fun watching the riders and their horses play a sport that was invented in Australia, many decades ago and which is now played around the world. Naturally, Australia is world champs but what we saw today from the teams in the top end was most enjoyable. Tomorrow we leave Darwin and head to Katherine for a couple of days before heading west to WA.

On this spot in Fannie bay on the 10th of December 1919 was the first landing of an aircraft from England
My father was here in Darwin on the 19th of February 1942 with 5 ACS when Darwin was first bombed by the Japanese. This plaque is at the cenotaph on the esplanade overlooking the Port of Darwin.
Susan and Sue looking like dwarfs on the deck chairs at Stokes Wharf!
Andrew having a lie down in the RFDS PC12 Air Ambulance.
Polocross at the reserve we are staying at in Berrimah, a suburb of Darwin. This was good fun and most enjoyable to watch, although I would not try and play it and there were a number of people (both genders) my age who were playing.
Dinner and drinks on Stokes Wharf. After this it was off to the Casino but nothing to report there as it was losses all round!

We have really enjoyed Darwin again. It’s been hot and humid and the silly season doesn’t start for another 2 months, even the locals are complaining about their “dry season”. Certainly when we look at the temperatures at home, its hard to believe we are all in the one country. Thankfully the aircon in the van has been fixed as we have some very hot days ahead of us over the next 6 weeks.

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