14th August

The Fannie Bay Goal is rich in social history and one of the NT'S most important heritage sites, the goal operated as HM Goal and Labour Prison in Darwin from 20 September 1883 until 1 September 1970.

                             

. There was an Aboriginal art collection on site, these were painted by Aboriginal inmates, these were for sale and most of the proceeds go to the victims of crime.

There is one painting there I think should be in an art museum it is incredible.

We then visited the Museum and Art Gallery, which featured the collections of the regions art, natural science, history and culture. Encompassing Aboriginal art and culture, arts and craft from the South/ East Asia and Pacific Regions, Maritime archaeology and local history, the museum includes a fascinating Cyclone Tracy exhibit. And we met Sweetheart, the Top End's most famous croc. Sorry no photo's as on camera's were alowed.

And I can tell you up here they breed their mosquito's bloody big.

This one got away