Luckily Darwin isn't a big city as we spent some time trying to get snorkels and masks for the girls. We will need them all down the WA coast. For those of you who know Darwin, we drove from Target in Palmerston to KMart in Casurina then back to Clark Rubber in Winnellie when the first two stores didn't have the stock. We parked under a hotel complex. The first two hours were free, the third hour - a dollar! It was cheaper than parking on the street for the two hour limit available. Finally we got in the wave pool at 2pm. They had blow up inflatable doughnuts and boogie boards for anyone to use. This wave pool puts Waves in Cheltenham to shame, one man was actually surfing. Phoebe caught waves to the shore multiple times. Hours later, with our big toes shredded on the pebble mix base, we emerged. It was bordering on dinner time, so we ambled along the shore to Stokes Hill Wharf. We were all taken with these sculptures.
The above bird was handy for holding things!
This new building, which we christened the cockroach, is a convention centre.
The Wave pool.
At the end of the Wharf are many take away joints and one restaurant. We ate barramundi and chips while I had kittens about the girls falling off the edge of the wharf, at least a 20 foot drop.
People throw their unwanted food over the side, and huge fish, gropers, barramundi, yellowtails and diamond scales surface to feed. These fish are incredibly fast, so the below is the best photo I could get.
As we were eating, a Thai Naval ship came in.
The view across the other side to land. The blue light is from the cockroach.
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