Photos of Darwin

Here are some more photos from our trip to Darwin.  We spent a week there and then moved on to Kakadu but I will post those photos separately on another post.

The US George Washington in Stokes Harbour, Darwin.  Crustaceans Restaurant is dwarfed by the huge ship.

 

Crustaceans Restaurant, Stokes Harbour, Darwin

Darwin view from around Fanny Bay

View of  Darwin

US hovercraft at Lee Point

We drove out to Lee Point as the US Navy were loading their Light Armoured Vehicles (LAV) onto the hovercraft which arrived on the beach.  We saw a small speck on the horizon and within minutes the hovercraft had landed on the beach, what a sight with a lot of noise and sand being blasted onto the beach.  The Australian Military Police were supervising the area and the US marines were very welcoming and showed us around their vehicles, we were very impressed by it all and lucky to be so close to the action as part of the Talisman Sabre war games.






Ron at the Military Museum

Darwin Military Museum

The city of Darwin is a very modern city with lovely beaches for walking and the area around Stokes Harbour has lovely restaurants and a wave pool which is very popular.  We also went out to the Military Museum and spent a few hours there and had a good look around at the many displays both inside and outside, we could have spent more time there but we were struggling with the heat a little, even though it was only in the 30's C, we had come from the winter in Adelaide and needed a bit more time to adjust!  I am embarrassed about this as I left Adelaide because of the cold winter and was looking forward to the warm weather in the north!

View of Darwin



Sunset at Darwin