Darwin Day 3

We had a walk around the city this morning, looking at the shops and getting a feel for the city life in Darwin. Everyone was impressed with the city area and enjoyed the time there. We had a walk through the Mall, the shops and purchased some souvenirs, had morning tea and shopped some more.

It is a little hard to know where everything is in a new city so it took us a little while to find some shops and we really did not know what was on offer. It appeared that everyone liked Darwin and the comment was made that we could spend a few more days here already.

After a hard morning shopping and walking around it was back for lunch and another swim in the pool.

Late in the afternoon it was off to Mindil beach to attend the market, a famous market that is held weekly in Darwin. It consisted mainly of food stalls, with a large range of food types available, a smaller area of jewellery, bags and other things, and a few musicians to provide some entertainment.






I was not quite sure what I was expecting of the market, but I must admit I was a little disappointed as I thought there would be more of a market than food stalls. Oh well, we had a good time anyway.

We purchased some of the food and sat on the beach to watch the sunset with a few thousand other people. It looked like there were some regulars who had brought their chairs, drinks and purchased their food to eat by the beach.



We ended buying a couple of things but not too much. This market really is a crowd magnet and there were people everywhere.