Darwin Tuesday.First stop today was the oil storage tunnels.When Darwin was bombed by the Japanese in WW11 the oil storage tanks were badly hit and the authorities realised how vulnerable the oil supplies were so they built tunnels into the cliffs by the wharfs and the idea was to pump the oil from the wharf into the tunnels. (The tunnels themselves would have been the storage tanks) but by the time they had finished them the war was nearly over and the danger ha...

Darwin Sunday.We went to an independent church for the morning service which began at 10 and at 11.45 when we sneaked out they still had to have communion, ministry and a meal together.It was good to see so many young people but the music was a bit too hectic for us.The message was good and it is obviously a growing church.After lunch we went to the NT museum and art gallery specifically to see the exhibition about cyclone Tracy which devastated 70% of Darwin o...

Dinner cruise on Darwin Harbour.We were really looking forward to this our first chance to dress up for nearly 12 weeks.We put on our best clothes (after 12 weeks in a caravan these are the ones with the least stains) and Joe even cleaned his trainers.As we walked along the jetty we saw a beautiful boat with tables set with the finest crisp white linen, silver cutlery and sparkling glasses and we really became excited then a voice shouted 'Harrisons next boat dow...

Friday KakaduYesterdays jumping crocodiles trip was very good.They put lumps of meat on the end of a pole and dipped it in the water to attract the crocs and when they came up to the boat they dangled the meat about 3 ft over the water and eventually the croc would jump to try to get the meat.They let the croc jump a couple of times and then let it have the meat.Later we went to the sunset market on the beach.We are not big market fans but it was one of the thin...

Tuesday Berry Springs Nature ParkFirst stop was the Berry Springs a series of 3 swimming holes each with steps down and guess what? No swimming.We are told the very wet season had enabled the saltwater crocs (salties) to get over the gates which are at the end of the pools and are supposed to keep them out.Once they are in they have to be trapped and hopefully once they have got them all they can reopen the pools. Question is how do they know they have trapped th...