Sunday, 20th June
We did try the bistro last night – although we decided to bring the food back to the caravan – and had some very nice barramundi with chips and salad.
Another hot day, although there was rather a strong breeze early in the day. We decided to have a quiet day, with a load of washing first up – the hot weather seems to create laundry! Then we set off for a walk around the town before it became too hot. Batchelor was the town for the now abandoned Rum Jungle Uranium Mine, as well as being an important defence post during the Second World War. Some of the old buildings still exist, such as the Sidney Williams Hut (style of WWII army barracks hut), the foundations of the single men’s quarters (mining) and the Virgins’ Villas (aka The Nunnery). Not really sure of the purpose of the last one!
Like yesterday afternoon, we were again entertained by a small plane taking off frequently from the airstrip (WWII leftover, I think), climbing very high directly above us and tossing out parachutists on a regular basis. Les happily laid back in his chair with binoculars to eyes for ages.
Some more photos from Litchfield National Park – the magnetic termite mounds and Tabletop Swamp – as well as some of the birds being fed behind our caravan.
We did try the bistro last night – although we decided to bring the food back to the caravan – and had some very nice barramundi with chips and salad.
Another hot day, although there was rather a strong breeze early in the day. We decided to have a quiet day, with a load of washing first up – the hot weather seems to create laundry! Then we set off for a walk around the town before it became too hot. Batchelor was the town for the now abandoned Rum Jungle Uranium Mine, as well as being an important defence post during the Second World War. Some of the old buildings still exist, such as the Sidney Williams Hut (style of WWII army barracks hut), the foundations of the single men’s quarters (mining) and the Virgins’ Villas (aka The Nunnery). Not really sure of the purpose of the last one!
Like yesterday afternoon, we were again entertained by a small plane taking off frequently from the airstrip (WWII leftover, I think), climbing very high directly above us and tossing out parachutists on a regular basis. Les happily laid back in his chair with binoculars to eyes for ages.
Some more photos from Litchfield National Park – the magnetic termite mounds and Tabletop Swamp – as well as some of the birds being fed behind our caravan.
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