Well we have moved closer to the city and have been in to explore a few times now. So far we have walked around the Darwin Waterfront, Bicentennial Park and the Mall and shops. We did a tour at the WWII Oil Storage Tunnels. These were very interesting. It is amazing to see what they achieved under hard conditions and with very basic tools. One of the tunnels was 72m long by 4.5m wide and 4m high. Would love to own that full of oil these days!!!!! The highlight of the week was Crocosuarus Cove. This is a crocodile and reptile park right in the middle of the city. To say that Haydan loved it would be an understatement. We went to a fish feeding show where the archer fish spat to get their food and the Barramundi ate out of the handlers hand - they don't have very good manners either. We saw the croc feeding show and Haydan cheered very enthusiastically when the crocs got the meat. Glen and Haydan then got to go fishing for crocs. They even managed to catch a few as they jumped out of the water to get the steak on the end of the fishing rod. There were many crocs to see in the tanks. Haydan's favourite was one called Chopper that was missing its front feet due to a croc fight. Haydan was fascinated by him and thought Chopper should go to the shop and buy some new feet later!!!!! We got to hold a baby croc as well. This was only the start of critters we got to hold. We went to the reptile shows where we learnt about reptiles and even got to see a snake eat a rat. Then it was time to hold the reptiles. Haydan was all for this and held different lizards and even a huge snake. Glen held a few of the reptiles as well but when it was Laura's turn to get close to the snake it moved rather close to her face and she was not impressed. Poor Emmalisa found the day bit confronting and spent most of the day shaking her head saying 'no' any time we came close to an animal. All in all it was a great day out with much fun had by all. Tonight we went to the Palmaston Markets and again there were no doughnuts!!!!! We managed to find a Greek doughnut but it wasn't the same. The kids loved dancing to the music with the clowns that were showing the kids the dance moves. A great atmosphere and good night out.
We will keep you posted with all our other Darwin adventures.
Glen and Haydan fishing for crocs
Emmalisa looking at the snake - not so sure about it
Laura scared by the snake
Haydan holding one of the lizards
Haydan holding the snake
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