Left Litchfield National Park at around 0900, headed for Darwin. Along the way, we stopped off at a place called 'the Termite Mounds'. Here, there a series of mounds built by magnetic termites. They're called that because they build their mounds with a flat footprint which has the thin edge facing North/South to minimise the exposure to the sun and hence staying cool within. Clever hey? The field of these mounds looks like a cemetery of gravestones. Quite amazing!
We've never been to Darwin before. Arrived at around 1030 and checked into a caravan park called Aurora Shady Glen. It certainly is that. We didn't research this one as it is located next to the showgrounds and today is Darwin Show Day. Pretty noisy at the moment (2030) but hopefully it'll die down by bedtime. It's also causing me grief as I can't connect to the internet because we're sharing the same cellular network as the showgrounds.
We enjoyed lunch down at the wharf and later visited the Aviation Heritage Centre. Here, they have a collection of memorabilia from the WWII bombing of Darwin in Feb 1942. Inside this single hangar, they have a B-52 Bomber. It's one of two on display outside the USA. As you'd imagine, this thing takes up most of the hangar. So scattered around the floor space under the B-52 are many other planes and vehicles such as a Spitfire, Tiger Moth, Mirage fighter and others.
Interesting place to visit if you ever get the chance.
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