Darwin

Wednesday 18th June.

Today was our day "in town". The Mall in Darwin is very pretty with lots of seating, shaded by huge trees. We parked in a three hour spot on the edge of the main shopping centre and strolled in and out of the many small arcades. The last few days have been slightly cloudy in the morning but with temperatures still around 30 degrees it is quite hot when not under cover of some sort.

As this coming weekend is the V8 Supercars meeting at the Hidden Valley circuit in Darwin the local community have got right behind supporting this event. Most of the shops in the city have some form of decorations in their windows, ranging from posters through shirts, replica cars and all sorts of merchandise. I spotted a great shirt from the Adelaide Clipsal 500 event in the window of the Red Cross op shop. It was for sale, but not until after the final day of racing. Being in my price range I have put a hold on it to collect next Monday.