Had a later start, heading off this morning. We stopped near the airfield, where Jeff took us for a look at some old WW11 bunkers and storage facilities.
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| Underground bunker |
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| Can you spot the bat??? |
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| Here it is, there were heaps of bats in the bunker |
We then wanted back into Lockhart River community to the local art shop, where local artist paint and sell there paintings.
Morning tea was at the historical site of the WW11 Gordon Strip, at the Lockhart River airfield. Here we saw a gun that was in place of the Operation Blow Down trial. Operation Blow Down was a trial conducted in 1963 to see the effects that an atom bomb would cause to rainforest, due to the Vietnam war and 45% of Asia being rainforest. 50 tonnes of TNT was used in the experiment.
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| Operation Blow Down |
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| Gun that was used in Operation Blow Down |
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| Total Destruction - nearly 50 years on |
This is the outcome of the trial, nearly 50 years ago, all vegetation was destroyed and still has not grown back.
The rest of the day was spent at Chilli beach, where we had lunch and then onto Portlands Road beach.
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| Chilli Beach |
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| Mark and his lovely bunch of coconuts |
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| Chilli Beach |
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