I know that I indicated that I
wouldn't be doing a blog until we were on the ship but Trish has
suggested I do one so, of course, I comply.
This morning we went and
toured the Darwin Tunnels, a fascinating piece of Darwin history.
During the second world war, Darwin had all its fuel storage in large
tanks on the waterfront which were, as you would expect, the prime
targets of the Japanese bombing raids so they embarked on an
ambitious scheme to build underground tanks Fortunately the war ended
before the tanks were complete. One of them was used for fuel storage
for a while after the war but they remained neglected until 1992 when
part of them was opened up and adapted as a tourist attraction. Very
interesting.
Otherwise yesterday was a
rest day.
Tomorrow Mark and Ceris
arrive and we head off or the cruise on Tuesday.
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