{"id":267,"date":"2013-08-14T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T10:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/?p=267"},"modified":"2022-07-17T17:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T07:49:39","slug":"darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days 24 &#8211; 26<\/p>\n<p>This is our journey so far. We are now in Darwin, which is on the other side of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Adelaide-Darwin_Map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-275\" alt=\"Adelaide-Darwin_Map\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Adelaide-Darwin_Map-300x217.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Adelaide-Darwin_Map-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Adelaide-Darwin_Map-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Adelaide-Darwin_Map.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We went to a free water park in Darwin. Che thought it was one of the best things we had done so far.<\/p>\n<p>Matt shot Mum with the water cannon lots of times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-231\" alt=\"Darwin_01\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_01-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_01-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_01-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_01.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are the water slides that we went on. The yellow one is the fastest one. The red one has a boat. The blue one is the slowest one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-232\" alt=\"Darwin_02\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_02-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_02-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_02-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_02.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Che is coming out of the water slide. If you took a film of it, it would be very fast and there would be a big splash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-233\" alt=\"Darwin_03\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_03-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_03-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_03-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_03.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We came out of the water slide on the boat and it made a big splash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-234\" alt=\"Darwin_04\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_04-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_04-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_04-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_04.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt came out of the water slide as well. If you lay on your back you went a bit faster. But he is sitting up because he didn&#8217;t want to get the water up his nose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-235\" alt=\"Darwin_05\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_05-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_05-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_05-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_05.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fish Feeding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mum is feeding diamond scaled mullet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-236\" alt=\"Darwin_06\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_06-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_06-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_06-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_06.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt fed the fish bread.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-237\" alt=\"Darwin_07\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_07-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_07-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_07-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_07.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Che is surrounded by fish. They are mullet but there might be a milk fish among them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-238\" alt=\"Darwin_08\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_08-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_08-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_08-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_08.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a toad fish. Che says it&#8217;s a puffer fish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-239\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPRO\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_09-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_09-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_09.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is Matt feeding lots of fish at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-240\" alt=\"Darwin_10\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_10-198x300.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_10-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_10-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_10.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are feeding the milk fish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-241\" alt=\"Darwin_11\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_11-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_11-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_11-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_11.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is an underwater view of the fish. Dad took a film of a milk fish that sucked on the camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-242\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPRO\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_12-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_12.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are standing in the water at the top of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-243\" alt=\"Darwin_13\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_13-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_13-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_13-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_13.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are standing on a boat ramp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-244\" alt=\"Darwin_14\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_14-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_14-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_14-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_14.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a sting ray and a flat hat. Can you see them and tell them apart?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" alt=\"Darwin_15\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_15-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_15-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_15-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_15.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are mangroves. We are near central Darwin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-246\" alt=\"Darwin_16\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_16-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_16-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_16-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_16.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We went to the museum but we don&#8217;t have any photos because we weren&#8217;t allowed to take photos. We saw a taxidermy crocodile called Sweetheart. It was 5 metres long. There was a recording of its noise which sounded like an outboard motor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mindil Beach \/ Market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We went to the market at Mindil Beach. We ate tea there. Matt had chicken nuggets and chips. Che had a crocodile burger. It tasted like a chicken burger.<\/p>\n<p>We went to the beach and saw lots of tiny crabs. They ran away when they saw us. They made cool pictures on the beach with the sand balls they dug out of their holes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" alt=\"Darwin_17\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_17-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_17-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_17-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_17.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Che is trying to crack a whip without very much success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-248\" alt=\"Darwin_18\" src=\"http:\/\/travelblog.kristinmartin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_18-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travelblog.bigham.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Darwin_18.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days 24 &#8211; 26 This is our journey so far. We are now in Darwin, which is on the other side of Australia. Water Park We went to a free water park in Darwin. 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