Big Trip

Finished packing & went back to the Maritime Museum so that Max and Erin could see the more modern warships that they have: destroyer HMAS Vampire and submarine HMAS Onslow. Both were impressed by the anti-aircraft guns, and got to sit in the captains seat on the bridge and in the ops room. The sub was more interesting, simply because of the claustrophobia. The guide claimed it was built by Billy Connolly himself. Hmmm... Google doesn't show anything... A moochy sort of an afternoon in the sticky heat - Sydney must be trying to acclimatise us to Darwin - and then off to the airport.
Great noodle bar at Sydney airport, but ordered way too much and had to eat most of it myself. Flight a little delayed waiting for an inbound connection, but not too bad, and actually, for a four-hour flight it seemed incredibly short. M & E both managed some sleep. First impression of Darwin is that it's incredibly hot & humid, and smells of disinfectant, but I think the smell disappeared outside the airport. Our bags were loaded onto the transfer bus by a lad of about 10. On the way to the apartments, Max kept spotting flashes that he claimed were lightning, but I reckoned they were just reflections of car headlights. Very difficult to get any impression of Darwin apart from that it's hot & dark.
Got M & E into bed and then sat on the balcony watching the lightning flash in the sky (no thunder, so it must have been very distant). Max was right after all.