Darwin
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Sun 3 Jul 2011 09:31
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12.26.910 S 130.51.026 E
The last stop in Australia. We did not have much
wind for our last stretch into Darwin so we motored. We did make it in time to
get into the lock of the marina before dark and at high tide. We are now in an
area of still water, surrounded by two storey buildings; very safe. We were met
by Jim and Barbara, who we have not seen since New Zealand. We are having fun
with so many friends around us. The second evening we went to the beach for the
Northern Territory Day fireworks. That was a spectacular performance. Yesterday,
Saturday, we went into town to book a hire car and accommodation in the Kakado
National Park. Today walked into town to have Yum Cha in a Chinese restaurant;
we were ten, so it was good fun. We also managed to do a few jobs today.
Tomorrow we'll have to go into town again to see customs, Indonesian Embassy and
various other things. The date for departure and the start of the Sail Indonesia
Rally is 23 July at 11.00 hrs.
  Cruisers on the
beach
Fire works over the water
 
Yum
Cha at a Chinese Restaurant
  And sail
repairs
Tipperary Waters Marina (lock in the back ground)
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