The caravan park I was staying in was in the suburb of Virginia which is about 30km south of Darwin, and this morning I drove into Darwin to have a good look around. I found a parking spot at Bicentenial Park which is on the edge of the city overlooking Darwin Harbour. I then donned my walking shoes, put Oscar on his lead and joined the hundreds of other tourists who are currently in Darwin and wandered around the city and along the shore line.
There are some lovely old buildings and the shoreline is magnificent with a great area set up for swimming with a protected man made beach and a separate wave beach all set in lovely picnic grounds.
I sat and enjoyed the comings and goings whilst having lunch, before heading back to the van to decide where to head for the night. I still hadn't made up my mind where I was going to stop for the night when I stopped at Humpty Doo to see if I could get a hair cut. As luck would have it I only had to wait half an hour, and I was told by the hairdresser that I could park for the night on some vacant land across the road. There are a couple of other vans here as well, so I won't be alone.
There is even a Woolworths in the small shopping centre so it has worked out really well. This afternoon I defrosted my fridge, and before I leave tomorrow morning I will buy the ingredients to make a few meals so I can restock the freezer again.
View across Darwin Harbour - smoke from bushfires in the background.
Looking towards city from Bicentenial Park.
View of harbour foreshore.
Another view of foreshore.
Government House. It sits on edge of cliff overlooking harbour.
Parliament House.
View from van across to Humpty Doo shopping centre.
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