Saturday, 10th July
As we were planning an outing for the afternoon, the morning was occupied with housekeeping and socialising before a visit to the shops for supplies. On the way we noticed a sign advertising a weekend market, so decided to have a look. Mmmm, it was located next door (part of the same building, in fact) to an X Rated Adults Only Superstore! For some reason, all the market customers were parking further down the street and walking back (so did we!). Lots of lovely fresh fruit and vegies, so it was worth the detour.
Now, wait for it – the bit event of the afternoon. There is plenty of advertising material in Darwin
for an attraction known as Aquascene. At high tide each day, the harbour fish swim into a small gully to feed. This has been developed so that gullible tourists can spend a fortune on feeding stale bread to fish. The glossy brochure has a photo of some people standing on the edge of the water feeding the fish and looking extremely happy (as do the fish). In reality, there is a boat ramp that extends into the sea for those quick enough, and early enough, who are willing to risk being pushed into the water. Everyone else sits/stands on concrete walkways and just throw their bread into the water. There were lots and lots of very big fish, though. I would put it on a par with feeding ducks at the Botanical Gardens.
As we were planning an outing for the afternoon, the morning was occupied with housekeeping and socialising before a visit to the shops for supplies. On the way we noticed a sign advertising a weekend market, so decided to have a look. Mmmm, it was located next door (part of the same building, in fact) to an X Rated Adults Only Superstore! For some reason, all the market customers were parking further down the street and walking back (so did we!). Lots of lovely fresh fruit and vegies, so it was worth the detour.
Now, wait for it – the bit event of the afternoon. There is plenty of advertising material in Darwin
for an attraction known as Aquascene. At high tide each day, the harbour fish swim into a small gully to feed. This has been developed so that gullible tourists can spend a fortune on feeding stale bread to fish. The glossy brochure has a photo of some people standing on the edge of the water feeding the fish and looking extremely happy (as do the fish). In reality, there is a boat ramp that extends into the sea for those quick enough, and early enough, who are willing to risk being pushed into the water. Everyone else sits/stands on concrete walkways and just throw their bread into the water. There were lots and lots of very big fish, though. I would put it on a par with feeding ducks at the Botanical Gardens.There was also a statue there that bore a remarkable resemblance to the fish at Singapore.
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