We dusted the cobwebs off our bicycles and set off to explore Darwin. Our first stop was the wharf district where Mike did a tour of the WWII oil storage tunnels. These tunnels were competed just as the war ended so they were never used. They are now getting their moneys worth from the tourists.

We rode along the esplanade and out to Cullen’s Bay. A brochure had mentioned harbour side eating places there so we went to check it out. There was a marina, expensive houses on waterways with boats parked out front, and the harbour side restaurants as mentioned. The place seemed nice enough but it had no soul. To me, it was a cross between Canary Wharf in London and the Pauanui waterways. We decided we didn’t want to eat here and continued on.

We rode along a cycle path that followed the coast. We cycled past Mindil Beach, where they have sunset markets. We were a bit early so we continued our pleasant ride along the coast, past Bullocky Point, Vestys Beach and Fannie Bay for about 10 kms and ended up at a military museum at East Point. We bought a couple of Gatorades to re-hydrate – portapotti blue for me, and urine yellow for Mike. Then we turned around and rode back.

We had showers and hit the town again for drinks then dinner.

That was day two.