Caravan Parks are either booked out or very full,ended up at Big 4 Howard Springs, a very nice park with various activities on during the evenings, two pools,spaetc. Jammed full but still enough space around you.
Darwin is a lovely town, clean and new with a satellite city of Palmerston on the south side. We did a self drive tour around the parks and beach fronts and there are some lovely views to be had. Went shopping to buy a few bits and pieces that we needed and sussed out the pier at Elizabeth river for doing a bit of fishing.
We visited the museum and saw “Sweetheart” a rather large crocodile which used to terrorize the local fisherman and was eventually trapped and accidently drowned as they tried to re-locate it. It was given to the museum and stuffed. The museum is small but quite interesting with the exhibits well set out the section on cyclone Tracy was especially interesting.
MUST DO –MINDIL MARKETS
The Thursday evening markets on the Mindil foreshore are something to behold. Hundreds of people gathered to picnic in the park and on the beach. We sat with hundreds on the beach and watched the sun go down and then wandered the markets and watched the sideshows. It was quite a treat and a must do for anyone visiting Darwin.
HOWARD SPRINGS NATURE PARK.
This is a really lovely spot to picnic and swim. Unfortunately the pond was closed for renovations when we were there but should it be open it would be a great spot to spend the afternoon.
MANDURAH
We took the ferry across to Mandurah and had lunch at the hotel there and then fished off the pier until it was time to take the ferry home again. No luck with the fishing at all but still enjoyable.
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