I must admit I do feel a tad guilty about this post. I took 2 hours off work to go and do this. But it was worth it...
En Route is part of the Darwin Festival which runs for 2 weeks in August every year. Everyday all day there is something to go and see and do. From art shows, dancing lessons, plays and concerts, it has it all. Some of the highlights from this year have been. Tex Perkins doing a tribute show to Johnny Cash. The tickets sold out before I could buy them, but I would have loved it see it. Leah Flanagan a local Darwin artist also did a show, but it was on a Thursday of Auction so I could not go either.
I have been to a lot of things though and still have a few to go this weekend as it finishes on Sunday.
So En Route is a sort of self guided tour of the city... When I say self guided, they supply you with an iPod and you listen to it and receive directions via text message on your mobile phone. As the tracks play you walk and look a different things.
It was great. Some of the places I had already been, but I got to see them in a new light as the music plays and the talking within the music makes you think of what used to happen in this city.
In one part it's music and spoken words are about when Darwin was getting bombed by the Japs, this is as you walk along the waterfront. It makes you wonder about all the people back then and what it would have been like and who the waterfront looks now.
So I only took 107 photo's in two hours... I won’t post them all but will try and give you a good snapshot of my city.
Enjoy!
The start.
You can swim in here... no crocs... but man eating fish said the NT News last week....
Can you see the person in the wall?
Turn your head on the side this is a 6 story glass lift from waterfront to city.
View from inside lift.
View from top of lift, blue water on right is ocean and water on left is wave pool...
Looking down.
Looking back
Walkway from lift to city.
On wall along a street.
In a car park in the city. You come up a lift to get into car park and exit via fire exit steps...
These photo's plus more are in the stairwell.
Walking down some back ally...
Directions for what to do next...
More directions...
One Way Street...
But they tell you to go <<<<-----
<<<<<-----?????
More odd places to go? I really had to think about going through this gate.. looked very dodgy... but I am glad I took a risk....
As part of this they called you asked you a question and you had to write your answer on the wall..
This an unused building in the city...
Smells like pee... it's also the taxi rank just down from night club strip....
More directions.
I was told to sit at this cafe have a drink and watch the world go by....
There was meant to be one more photo here on the finish but I can not get it to load... So you will just have to picture me sitting on the grass under a tree by the ocean...
Hope you have enjoyed my walk around the city as much as I have....
