We began our Sunday with church at C3 Christian Church - an AOG based church which had a vibrant youthful feel to it. We ran into the couple with seven children who we'd spoken to at Douglas Daly Park three weeks previous. Emma and Ron and their seven children are travelling around Oz for two years and they still ahve 18 months to go. They are heading west so we expect to run into them again.
Next we went into town to Aquascene - a commercial tourist point established after a local began feeding some fish 25 years ago. Now they have a 2 hour session based on the high tide each day and they have lots of people along. Most of the fish being hand fed are Mullet however there were alos a large number of milkfish (look like kingfish) feedin just out of reach averaging about 90cm. There was a large school of catfish and some snapper and small rock cod as well.
We're told that the tide dictates which fish and how many may show on any one day. Because at this time Darwin is experiencing neap tides which are a mere 5m they are not as good as usual. The spring tides average about 8m and a good spring tide will cover the top step of the seating shwon below.
After the fish feeding Sean and I went to the Leanyer Leisure Complex just down the road from Hidden Valley. It contains a coupel of skate parks as well as this cool water park and the entire thing is free. Sean spent the whole time on the 3 water slides and I went on wit him a few times on the red slide using a blow up tube. Also have a water playpark fot the kids with the big bucket that fills up and tips over every couple of minutes - was fun just watching the kids run for cover when it goes over.
After a trip home to clean up we went into the Minindi Beach markets and had a look around at all the knicknacks on offer. Bought oursleves some dinner and down to the beach to sit and have it while watching the sunset along with several hendred other people.
After enjoying this spectacle we returned to the market area where this street performer named Jack was doing his thing. He was a real pro and had the crowd laughing and joining in on the act. Did a few tricks all based around juggling but kept his fire tricks till last.
The Campbells
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