And now for something a little different...

Went with the misses to Darwin and the Northern Territory last holiday. On that trip we went on an excellent private tour of Darwin describing the Japanese bombing of Darwin. Also hit up the military museum which turned out to be ALOT of artillery pieces and some other odds and ends... Thought I would share a few piccies.

After WWII they built two of these massive guns outside of Darwin to protect the port. Because technology progressed so quickly afterwards though the guns were only test fired three times before being deemed obsolete and scrapped and ironically sold to the Japanese. What you see here is a recreation.
That's not a gun... This is a gun!

The wheel to turn this beast.

A BOFORS Gun...

Not the "Alligator" I expected to find in the N.T.

Huey Cobra...

Universal Carrier

Til next time gang...