Darwin - WWII oil tanks

Oyster Moon
Paul Foskett & Rhu Nash
Mon 8 Jul 2013 01:01

Visited these WWII oil tanks.  Darwin was bombed during the last great war and oil tanks blown up.  The Australians then built underground oil storage tunnels in 1942.  They were used for a few years after the war for storing aviation fuel.

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The inside of one of the storage tunnels.

 

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Annie and Patrick reading inside one of the tunnels.

 

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Yes Paul it’s a tunnel.

 

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