Parap visit.

Saturday 14th June.

Another of the must see tourist attractions in Darwin is the Saturday morning Parap Markets, held naturally enough at Parap, a small suburb quite close to the CBD of Darwin.

This market is similar in many ways to the Thursday night Mindil Beach markets, with about 80% of the stall being food outlets. Apart from buying a freshly cut up and packaged mango our only other purchase was three small tea spoons carved from a coconut shell and beautifully finished and polished. The weather has taken a dive (to quote the locals) to the mid 20's, quite a change from the norm of 32 -34 degrees. The only perceptible difference we have noticed is the overnight temperatures which has us pulling out the summer doona again in lieu of just a sheet.

After leaving the markets we went for a drive around the town and waterfront, then back to camp in time for happy hour. Keith had been mud crabbing the day before and had given us a large cooked crab which we intended to have for dinner with a salad. However he had also caught some spotted cod and barramundi so they proceeded to deep fry portions of these together with some prawns and calamari rings for everyone during our happy hour. It was all delicious and replaced what we had intended to have for dinner.