Fri, 15th July - Darwin

After fiddling around all morning we drove to one of the wharf areas but found access was for authorised vehicles only.  We then headed to the Darwin Aviation Heritage Museum which is home to one of only two B52 bombers outside of America.  An excellent and informative display of aviation both civil and military and well worth the visit.  It has an excellent display of the bombing of Darwin and we were both surprised to learn that there was more bomb activity in Darwin during the war than there was in the attack on Pearl Harbour.  This information was generally kept from the Australian people at the time to avoid panic.  We spent quite a few hours here before heading back to the park.

Port of Darwin with its cyclone warning system

B52 Bomber wing (note Rick to the right of the pic)

Did you know .... ?

Small aircraft parked under the tail of the B52 Bomber