Darwin

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Arrived in Darwin and caught the local airport bus into the city for $11 arrived at the hotel at 11:15 am to be informed that the hotel room was not ready for me. After a 15 minute wait in the lobby the room was ready but it overlooked the car park at the back when I had requested a sea view. The hotel soon moved me and I managed to get a room with a lovely sea view.

I went for a walk around Darwin and to be honest I was not really impressed, it was a modern 1970's style with fading facades everywhere. I decided to ignore the central district and walked along the esplanade this was very interesting with many pretty tropical flowers.

At the back of the hotel at 14:00 I caught the bus tour of Darwin but first it was quite interesting going up and down the main streets in a bus but it went on a bit, I discoverd about the bombing of Darwin during the 2nd world war and the cyclone Tracey that distroyed the town in 1974. After the tour I was so tired as it did not finish until 18:00, the heat was so humid so I went to bed and slept the clock round.

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Photos

Darwin Tour
Buildings within Darwin

Darwin Tour
The telegraph building

Darwin Tour
Oil fields nearby in East Timor Sea

Darwin Tour
House of the Commonwealth Representative for the Northern Territory

Darwin Tour
The Esplanade

Darwin Tour
First Qantas Hanger now owned by the Darwin Car Enthusiast Club

Darwin Tour
Botanical Garden Fountain

Darwin Tour
Original Methodist Church for Darwin now relocated to Botanical Gardens to protect it from any Cyclone