The Top End!!

We’ve made it to Darwin, and with that, the end of the Stuart Highway.

Darwin is a great city, warm weather, balmy nights, a lively wharf, interesting history, lots to do!!

My highlight so far is the Mindil Market- it’s a real treat. A lively atmosphere, with great foods, art, didgeridoos playing, and a whip show (whips are a big thing in the Territory). Its held right on Mindil Beach, and you grab some food, listen to music, and watch the sunset.

Jett’s been really keen to do some fishing, and we’ve had no luck catching any barramundi on our own, so we went on a charter out the Darwin Harbour- which is also a nice way to cruise the harbor. Dean and Jett were happy, they bagged out with trevally and cod, and we even had a hammerhead shark follow the boat for a while.

Berry Springs is a nice day trip out of Darwin. Fresh water to swim and snorkel in, with a small waterfall to play behind.

Also lots of museums to keep me happy. The Northern Territory Museum has a good exhibit on “Sweetheart”- the giant crocodile, and in Cyclone Tracey. There’s the Royal Flying Doctors Museum at the wharf which has holograms and virtual reality all about the Darwin bombing, and today we went to the WWII Oil Tunnels.

Before hitting the Wave Lagoon.