Day 2 in Darwin: Bombing of Darwin stories


At the US Perry Memorial on the Esplanade


At the Cenotaph on the Esplanade



The Darwin Cruise learning about the bombing


Royal Flying Doctor Service Museum


At the gun emplacement at East Point

 

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