Darwin

Thursday we flew 2000 miles from Sydney to Darwin on the north coast. Darwin is very tropical...only a few 100 miles from Timor and Borneo. The Esplanade across the street from our hotel proved to be an amazing birding site with about 20 new species seen in a few hours. We beat the mid-day heat with a visit to the North Territories museum which had wonderful exhibits on aboriginal art as well as native fauna. Today we drive to Kakadu National Park where we will be for the next few days.