Pictures of Darwin
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Mike and Liz Downing
Tue 15 Oct 2013 18:47
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Some pictures of Darwin that we didn't get a chance to send
before we had to leave and sail off into the sunset! (A feature of sailing
west.)
 The high-rise of Darwin - looking across
from Fannie Bay, the main yacht anchorage.
 We anchored with other yachts when we first
arrived and waited for the tide to go into a
Customs berth for inspection of the boat.
They have had infestation problems
with certain types of mussel and they
inspect every yacht before it's allowed into a marina. And by inspect, we
mean they send a diver down to check the bottom of the boat and squirt ammonia into the
seacock intakes to kill off the growth. Luckily they
don't charge for doing it, but if they don't like what
they find, they may insist on the boat being hauled out of the water
and cleaned. (Now that would be very
expensive!)
 We were surprised to see so many high-rise
hotels and apartment blocks in a location that can be hit
by
cyclones in the wet
season.
  The man himself - John McDouall
Stuart.
 One of the streets in the town
centre.
  The Boab Tree in the centre of town. A tree
for dry regions and in Australia it's only found in the
northwest. Apparently they store water in the big trunk they
have.
   After 10 months of dogged
resistance, the skipper succumbed in a moment of weakness
and
bought a Barmah (the traditional kangaroo
leather hat). It's going to take quite a while
getting used to wearing it in public!
 It didn't take long for the crew to decide
they wanted one too!
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