We decided to drive the extra 400kms. back up to Darwin, once we reached Katherine. The motorhome needed another service and we liked Darwin. Unfortunately our friends we met last time were away, the girls really missed seeing their friend Sam again.
The pictures above were from Crocodylus Park, a small zoo in Darwin. We joined a tour around the zoo and Kyra got to feed a 5 metre saltwater crocodile, holding a stick with a piece of chicken tied on the end of a string. The huge croc came up out of the water a few feet to grab the treat. At the end of the tour we got to hold a baby croc. It felt like snake skin.
We also visited the museum and art gallery of the N.T. Among other interesting displays they have a cyclone Tracy section, a cyclone that destroyed all of Darwin city on Christmas Eve, 1974. They have a sound booth where you hear, in the dark, recordings of the storm made that night. It was a deafening roar with crashing and ripping at times. Very frightening.
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