Wagait Beach

I did nothing yesterday and not much more today.

I did go and have a look at the wreckage of a B24 bomber named Milady. It is just up the road and out in the bush.

That's the tail. 

That's the wing. 

Dunno what that bit is. I think the internal cooling or something. 

They were out on a bombing practice run when it crashed. Nobody know why they crashed but the sign reckons they either dropped the bombs too low and it damaged the wing and they crashed trying to return to Darwin. The other theory is that they were buzzing the coast on the way back and stuffed it up massively. Six blokes died.

I forgot to mention that right through the Northern Territory I have been going past signs for WW2 historical sites. Heaps of them. Way down in the centre of Australia. One sign even said "The Territory's front line in WW2" and was about 1000km south of Darwin (which actually got bombed, but I guess must've been behind enemy lines?). Who knew that while Europe was being ripped to shreds and Japan was tearing through East Asia and the Pacific that the real hotbed of action was actually in central Australia. No disrespect to the soldiers who lived, worked and trained out there but I didn't stop.

I also went for a look at the jetty. You can see Darwin across the water. I didn't take my good camera so you might have to imagine a city in the distance.

Not much else going on. I've washed clothes, am charging batteries and have been trying to get hold of the mechanic. Was going to do my tax but the website is down again.

Here is the local pooch living his best life.