The foreshore is blessed with countless public places all easily accessible, but again, there was not a person swimming from the beaches. A few people were swimming in Lake Alexander.
The WW2 historical education continued with a visit to the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre. Its prime show piece is a B52 bomber, one of only two on display outside the USA. Of course the plane did not participate in WW2 but the Americans provided it to the people of Darwin because of the special relationship that developed between the Territorians and the USA forces during the war.
It was a bright sunny day today, hot and humid. We saw no evidence of the cloud from the Indonesian volcanic eruption underway at the moment. The possibility of volcanic ash has caused the Darwin airport to be closed for precautionary reasons.
310514 Director's Gully from the Esplanade with the Navy Patrol Boat Base top left. The Aquacentre is mid-picture at the RHS |
310514 Darwin from Dudley Point on Fannie Bay |
310514 Fannie Bay Cliffs |
310514 Gun emplacement at East Point |
310514 Lake Alexander near East Point. It is about 50m from the beach/sea. |
310514 Cockpit of a B52 bomber at The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre - so small for such a big plane |
310514 The B52 bomber at The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre |
310514 The B52 bomber at The Australian Aviation Heritage Centre |
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