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Darwin - Tuesday, 12th March
fter disembarkation, we are split up into
Atwo groups the “yellow dots” taken to
board the ‘Ghan’ and the “red dots”, us, are
picked up for an introductory tour of Darwin.
Our coach took us around all the highlights of
Darwin with a tour of the Royal Flying Doctor
Service facility. We enjoyed lunch on Stokes
Hill Wharf,
After lunch we had time at the Darwin museum
and the Darwin Air force museum, out at
Batchelor, before being dropped off at our
hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton on the
Esplanade.

Clockwise from below: Under wing of a large
US WWII supply plane; a fighter plane from
WWII; the nose of the large US supply plane;
Darwin Harbour;