I set out for a walk this morning down to the waterfront, just over a kilometre from our apartment. This mural is down on the wharf, very close to the Royal Flying Doctors museum, which I will visit another day.
It hadn't been my intention to visit the tunnels today, but while trying to find my way up into the city centre, I walked passed them, so paid my $7 and walked into them. An interesting glimpse of history from 1943 onwards until the tunnels were 'sort of' completed. The following link will give you a brief history of the tunnels;
WWII Oil Storage Tunnels, Darwin.
It is hard to imagine the conditions the men who dug these tunnels out with pickaxes and shovels must have worked in. No modern technology for them and on limited rations during the war. To actually walk in one of the tunnels that is still accessible by the public today is a privilege and a reminder of all the men and women who fought to preserve our freedom.
Here a few of the photos I took.
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| The entry tunnel, leading to the pump room |
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| This was the original pump room, now occupied by this artform which is constructed from old war plane parts. |
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| Information on the tunnel that is open to the public to walk through. |
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| Through a viewing "window" - the tunnel which the information above is on. |
The tunnel I walked through has information on it's construction, the men who built it, copies of letters and diary entries by those men and even a voice recording of one of the men who worked on them. Well worth a visit if you are up this way.
