Darwin

We wanted to be in Darwin on Thursday for the famous Sunset Mindil Beach Markets and this was easily achieved.
Campsites in Darwin are very expensive, $55 per night and we had heard about a newly opened place which had limited availability. We decided to just turn up and enquire and the owners Rod and June were very helpful saying we could stay for 4 days. We told them we didn't need power so that helped and we got a lovely spot overlooking a billabong which had plenty of bird life, fish and wallabies jumping by.
 It used to be a Barramundi  Fishing Park but Rob said it was not a good money maker and very time consuming and so he put in some power and now gets inundated with caravanners wanting a spot.
It costs $20 per night and he has a dump site as well, you must be self contained as there are no ablution blocks, sweet!

The view from our caravan

 After a getting set up we headed off to to have a look around the city. Darwin was really devastated by Cyclone Tracy in 1974 and so much of it had to be re built. We went on to Stokes Wharf which has memorials to the 30 waterside workers who lost their lives on the wharf in the bombing by the Japanese in 1942.

Part of the memorial on the wharf

We also had a yummy lunch there, Lloyd had his favourite of calamari and I had a barramundi fillet done in tempera with salad, it tasted really fresh!

Lloyd enjoying his lunch on Stokes Wharf