Out & About in Darwin

9th May to 15th May 2025

Spent a few days with my son and his fiancé in Darwin where they currently live.

This is my third visit to Darwin, a city I like very much however I have never visited in the wet season, all my visits have been in what you might call the shoulder season when the monsoon has ceased but the crocs have not been moved from some of the tourist swimming spots and the night time temperatures are still on the warm side, however the humidity of the wet season has gone.

This trip was visiting family so tourism was not high on the agenda however I did visit a couple of very interesting museums, the Seabreeze Festival and the WWII tunnels built to store oil and protect it from the Japanese bombing.

The tunnels were first on the list, my son hadn’t seen them before.

The  Oil Storage Tunnels

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Seabreeze Festival

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Over the next couple of days we went to the Aviation Museum and the Military Museum as well as other Darwin social activities.

The Military Museum

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The Aviation Museum.

The museum had a B52 decommissioned after the Arms Limitation Treaty with Russia, it was massive.

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The Mangrove Boardwalk

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Similar to the Jervis Bay Mangrove Boardwalk but with the added attraction of crocodiles (we didn’t see any).

On my final night there we visited the local pub where I had a very nice steak on their Steak Night Special.

Breezer Pub

Sorry, I ate a bit before I thought to take a photo.

The Top End

9th May 2025

Distance: 502 km

Fuel: 44L

Larrimah to Darwin

Today was basically a drive to the finish.  No bookings tonight, am staying with my son and his fiancé. As they don’t get home from work until 4pm (ish) so there is definitely no rush.

Filled up with fuel in Katherine which will get me to Darwin.

Katherine

The rest of the drive was uneventful, I stopped a couple of times to stretch my legs, as I got further north the vegetation got more lush.

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Darwin traffic was just the same as any city.

Entering Darwin

Arrived at my destination just after 4pm and parked my camper on the grass verge.  Then reversed my car into a tree! (I was too busy making sure I didn’t hit my camper.)  Put a ding in the tail gate. Ho Hum.