Morning all. Hope you are having / have a had a good weekend.
We've had a lovely few days in Darwin. When we were here last week we only managed to see the area near our hostel, which is quite touristy, but this time we've hopped on some buses and ventured a bit further afield. We went to an old Gaol, visited the excellent Museum & Art Gallery, and yesterday went on a very interesting tour of the NT Parliament building. For historical reasons I don't quite understand the Northern Territory isn't a State, whereas the other areas of Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania etc) are. They do have a fair degree of self-rule though, and the Parliament building is very impressive. The chamber itself was quite reminiscent of the British parliament, with a speaker's chair, copies of Hansard and a big mace.
Today is our last day here, and we're about to head off to have lunch down in the sunshine at Cullen Bay Marina. This evening we're going to the cinema to see a new film called 'Rogue', which is an Australian film about some tourists who visit the NT and are attacked by a rouge crocodile! It's probably a good thing that we're seeing it now rather than before we went down to Kakadu.
The weather is lovely at the moment. The intense humidity has died down a bit, and we've spent a few happy hours lying beside / in the pool at the hostel.
Hope you enjoyed June's video blog below. We've also added a few more photos to the NT set.
Bye!
No comments:
Post a Comment