Darwin

Saturday 9 September

What a lovely day. We started at the Parap market where we saw some fruits we didn't know, and bought a couple to try. There were also some amazing tropical flowers such as the heliconias below. Coffee or juice under the vines at the same cafe as yesterday.

Then we went to the museum and art gallery. There was a fantastic exhibition of photographs taken in Central Australia by Otto Tschirn between 1915 and 1918 - camel trains, Hermannsburg Mission and outback life. We had lunch on the verandah at the Cornucopia Cafe, bringing back memories of some very hot bike riders last time. Then back in to see the last of the indigenous exhibitions. The last image is a Vietnamese refugee boat from the maritime section of the museum.

From there it was Cullen Bay to check it out in daylight and to have an iced coffee. We plan to eat there tomorrow night. And as Judy had persuaded us to put our bathers in the back of the car, we plucked up courage to try the wave pool down at the harbour. It was great fun, it really knocked us around and trying to sit in one of those rubber tyre things ain't easy!

This evening we watched a DVD called "Inception", so gripping that I stayed awake right through it. But I hope I don't dream tonight!