Wednesday 4th July 2012 Darwin (Lee Point)

Comments -  Luke Baker

Today I went to the Millitary Museum.  This taught us about when the Japanese people tried to invade on the 19^th of February 1942.  Did you know that they tried to invade 62 times?  In the military museum we saw heaps of guns, armour, bombs and war trucks; this afternoon I went to a free fund park.  There were three big slides which were red, blue and yellow.  My favourite is the red one because it is pitch black inside.

Comments – Dad and Mum

Happy Birthday 18^th Amber!

Blues to win today! Off to the Darwin Military Museum this morning where it has the best interactive touch screens I have ever seen with oodles of information, displays and films on just how bad the attacks were on Darwin when it started on 19^th Feb 1942. 188 aircraft attacked with 251 killed (2 air raids within 4 hours). Darwin was bombed 64 times in WWii. Apparently there are still 80 one man subs that lie around the harbour today. The first Japanese captured was by an aborigine (Tiwi) who grabbed his firearm and marched him into custody. We went home to get ready for the Blues win and set up the tv on the outside of the van so we could all celebrate together. One bloody point! How disappointing! We had a great night slanging back and forth with other QLD campers, it was a good night except for the result.