February 23, 2015
What a great day. Cindy's Birthday and a new place for her to
celebrate - Darwin, Australia!
We traveled a westerly course for
several days through the Arafura Sea to reach Darwin, the capital city of the
Northern Territory, Australia and is the largest city in the sparsely populated
area. Darwin was originally a pioneer
outpost, named after Charles Darwin, the British naturalist.
Early on the morning of the 23rd, we sailed
South West through the Timor Sea and entered the Middle Passage to dock.
Expecting to find Darwin a rustic
place, we were surprised to know that it is actually one of Australia's most
multicultural modern cities. Half of the
Northern Territory's population resides in Darwin!
There is plenty to do - between the
rain! Relax with a Harbor Cruise, take a
city drive down a lovely esplanade to view historic buildings and see the
Botanical Gardens, do a Pub Crawl - the Aussies like their brew-, take the
very popular jumping crocodile cruise or travel a great distance to see the
termite mounds and lovely falls. Quite a
lot for a small city but vast territory.
At 6PM we set sail for Bandar Seri
Begawan, the capital city of Brunei on the north coast of the island of Borneo.
