A couple days in Darwin

I am quite behind, so I'll backup.  We left beautiful Vietnam and flew through Singapore to Darwin Australia.  Darwin had some beautiful sunsets, scary crocodiles, and lovely hikes. We enjoyed checking out the WW 2 oil tunnels dug into the mountain, and the WW2 museum.

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