Post Day 2 – Saturday 24 August
Aquascene and Howard Springs
We were woken around midnight/1am by all the planes coming and going from the airport. We set our alarm for 5:15am to give us time to have breakfast and pack down our tent, before Nightcliff Parkrun at 7am. This was very hot (26 degrees Celsius) and crowded. I finished in just under 26 minutes and was in position 99.
https://www.parkrun.com.au/nightcliff/
We then drove back to the van park for a shower and to hand in our gate key. We topped up our fuel and then bought some food for lunch.
We drove to Howard Springs Nature Park, hoping to have a swim. This is a great green space not that far from Darwin with playgrounds, shade shelters, picnic tables, barbeques and opportunities for kids to get wet safely. Unfortunately, the “swimming” area was not much more than ankle deep, but a spot to cool off none the less. There was a very large shade shelter where we spread out all our wet gear to dry and then repacked everything ready for the flight home tonight. I took a walk through the forest (Howard Creek Walk) and also to the actual spring where the water emerges. This park area was developed as a recreation area during WW2 and the concrete has the Australian Field Company details in it.
https://nt.gov.au/parks/find-a-park/howard-springs-nature-park
Next up was the Palmerston Water Park to play in the water park and go on the super slide like the big kid I am.
https://northernterritory.com/darwin-and-surrounds/see-and-do/palmerston-water-park
We had a picnic dinner in the shade at the Palmerston Campus of Charles Darwin University and watch the sunset.
https://www.cdu.edu.au/locations/palmerston-campus
Last up we topped up our fuel and headed to the airport to rest until our flight. We arrived about 7:15pm and were soon joined by many young state tennis players who had just finished a week long tournament and were heading to their various states in the early hours.
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