Arnhem Highway, Adelaide River

We then drove further down to Adelaide River. The Adelaide River Queens Jumping Crocodile tour carpark was flooded and further down the Arnhem Highway after the Adelaide River Bridge, there were floods across the road delaying traffic.

Fogg Dam In the Wet

Hugh and I took the drive down the Stuart and Arnhem Highways to Fogg Dam. As the monsoonal weather has well set in I really wanted to see what conditions were like.

I was delighted to see Fogg Dam teeming with bird life,including Royal Spoonbills, Egrets, Lesser Egrets,Darters,Pied Herons,Rainbow Bee-Eaters,Crimson Finches.
We had fun taking our shoes off and walking down the flooded road.

Dragon Dance Blessing

Being Chinese New Year, business's all round Darwin are being blessed by the Dragon Dancers visiting their premises.


Today was the turn of both the Parap Market and the bistro at the Darwin Sailing Club.

Family History tour Northern Territory Library

ALIA Top End had its first meeting for the year with a tour of the Family History area of the Northern Territory Library given by John Richards
John gave a very good introduction to the available resources to an appreciative audience.

A birthday sail ...

Julie called me soon after I left work and invited me sailing on Ross Chisholms"Trivial Pursuit" a 34 ft Adams 10 mono hull.
I grabbed my gear and camera and drove to the Cullen Bay Marina.
I meet Ross's daughter Melissa and her friend from Prague,Libor.


While we were preparing to motor out we spotted some of the Dragon boat crews practising.

Having cleared the lock gates we picked up Julie from the Cullen Bay
jetty armed with pizza for tea.



We sailed out into the bay and saw a Navy Patrol boat with a helicopter
landing on the stern.




We had a great couple of hours sailing and then motored back
arriving back about 9pm
A fantastic end to a good birthday.

Birthday morning tea

It was a nice surprise to have my colleagues give me a birthday gift whilst we met for a planning morning tea.

Sunday cruise

With Hugh back from a week in Melbourne we took a run on our scooters to Rapid Creek and then Nightcliff Markets




Not all are having fun in the sun...



Then a trip along East Point Road to the East Point Military Museum. This week there are various activities to commemorate the bombing of Darwin 66 years ago on February 19th 1942, 248 people died.



The Darwin Army Band was playing and there were a number of military diplays
Amongst the performers were 'One Mob, Different Country' - Indigenous dancers from detention centres.



Also there were some Mediterranean dancers