good morning everybody and welcome back to darwin today we're driving along the esplanade
which uh runs along uh the cliffs overlooking darwin harbour just on the left is government
house where the administrator resides the right honourable vicki o'halleran at the moment
okay so tomorrow is the 19th of february which is 80 years
commemorating the japanese bombing of darwin
this video is not about the bombing of darwin but just to let everybody know that the 80th
year commemorating the bombing of darwin is happening right here at
the cenotaph on the esplanade in darwin city
there is a lot of good information uh
online and on youtube uh if you want to get the details of the history
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this is where they tomorrow at 9 30 where the
commemoration will be held and we have the prime minister scott morrison
and the leader of the opposition anthony albanese will be in attendance for this commemoration
okay just overlooking darwin harbor very peaceful place nowadays
and they've done a fantastic job with the esplanade a lot of great trees and shade
and just a good place to come and hang out get some good views of the harbour
foreign
they could not find a way
so they're forced to crawl back into
this is out at east point which is approximately eight minutes from the darwin city centre
if you look across to the right hand side you can see the small township called mandora
and that's pretty much the entrance to the darwin harbour the reason why we're out here is we have
the darwin military museum which contains some excellent information and detail which is not
widely known throughout australia due to the government secrecy of the activities at the time
so it's quite a good place to spend a few hours to find out what actually occurred it's a reasonably
new uh air-conditioned building so you can have a good wander around and a lot of the old vehicles
and armored cars they can have a look in as well this is one of the gun turrets
there's one here outside just with a lawned area and there is one inside they were never
actually used by the time they had some some guns installed um it was too late
but here they still stand 80 years later
this is one of the most interesting parts that i find the direction of this anchor chain
goes right across the harbour um to mandora where they had another anchor and that's where they
had the lines with mines attached to stop uh submarines and ships
coming in at the time so the fact that it is still here it looks fairly rugged a little bit rusty
and you can come and see this there is a walking path that runs right around east point
a few of the lads back in the day just wearing shorts and boots which is
probably ideal particularly this time of year it's quite warm and extremely humid
so this is east point um beach we are not swimming in it at the moment we have the
box jellyfish it's always a risk of crocodiles as well but it's a very peaceful place to come
this is approximately a midday and is a popular spot to have a barbecue
and a couple of beers whilst watching the sunset enjoying the sea breezes
well that's it for today thank you very much for watching and we will see you in the next video bye