ART GALLERY, MUSEUM,BEACHES AND PARKS AT DARWIN - LAST DAY

PLEASE NOTE--- THE BEGINNING OF THE BLOG STARTS WITH DARWIN, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is the main museum in the Territory.  The museum is located in the inner Darwin suburb of Fannie Bay.  The MAGNT IS GOVERNED BY THE BOARD OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES OF THE  NORTHERN TERRITORY FOUNDATION.  EACH YEAR magnt presents both internally developed exhibitions and travelling exhibitions from around Australia.  It is also the home of the annual Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award, Australia's longest running indigenous art prize.

MEET SWEETHEART - A MALE CROCODILE OVER 5 METRES LONG WHO WAS ONCE THE HEAAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE BILLABONG.  HE MET HIS DEATH WHILE BEING MOVED TO ANOTHER AREA.  THE DOSAGE OF TRANQUILISER WAS HIS DEMISE.  

This gallery features a spectacular display of beautiful decorated boats, canoes and other watercraft that connected Australia with distant lands for hundreds of years.  

Tracing an evolutionary timeline from the beginnings of our solar system, journey through the periods of natural history that have shaped the unique ecology of the Northern Territory. Discover megafauna that once roamed this part of the world and the amazing, often deadly animals of the region. 

A large expensive restaurant with a magnificent view. 

These curlews were so friendly as they roamed the gardens in front of the restaurant. 

They sat for ages on comfortable seats above this beach. 

 fish and chips were enjoyed in a park at Fanny Bay as the sun set. 

Their convenient motel near the airport where they swam and had a hearty farewell breakfast by the pool.
All in all, a great adventure by three like minded ladies in their early to mid seventies!!!