There weren’t the usual level of tourists in Darwin, since this turns out to the the off-season. It’s supposed to be the “wet” season but the usual rains have not yet started. Many locals leave town this time of year.

I had signed up for a tour of the Territory Wildlife Park and a return cruise down the river back to Darwin. The latter was cancelled due to lack of interest, but three people were enough to keep the wildlife park tour on. So, more critters and birds:

The cancelled return cruise opened up some more time in the afternoon, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough extra for me to figure out how to get to the military history museum about the Bombing of Darwin in WWI. It’s described as the Pearl Harbor of Australia; with more attacking planes, more sunk ships, and more lives lost, and I had never heard of it.

Here is the memorial to the USS Peary, one of the ships sunk. The gun was recovered form the ship and points to where the rest of the ship remains to this day.