Hidden tunnels under Darwin?

[bob10]

Don't know about that, but one of the best spots for a cold beer used to be inside the old air raid shelter, at the Navy oil farm. It had been fitted out as a bar, and was cool during the wet. Renamed the Cell bar, not everyone got an invite. My mate and I were fortunate enough to be mates with a ex English Army bloke down tumbling waters way, who had a piggery. He also had diesel power to his property, and we introduced him to the people in charge of the oil farm, where he arranged a trade, fresh pork for the fuel at the bottom of the tank, left after the fuel was pumped out for tank cleans. Little more than sludge, it ran his generator. And we had roast pork on a spit, with a cleansing ale .LG.

Sneaking spies and wartime secrets: Are there really hidden tunnels underneath Darwin? (https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sneaking-spies-and-wartime-secrets-are-there-really-hidden-tunnels-underneath-darwin/ar-BBN9Fpk?ocid=spartandhp)

[RANDLOVER]

It seems a lot is not known about Darwin, as an example, when that "Australia" movie came out starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, one of the guys at work went to see it, and said how far fetched it was, showing Darwin being bombed and I had to tell him that part actually happened in WW II.

[ramblingboy42]

When I lived in Darwin there was all sorts of stories going around about tunnels.

Apparently there were tunnels connecting the East Pt gun emplacements which were supposed to contain jeeps and weapons in crates etc etc.

I was told that the RAN did a lot of magnetometer tests in the 80's and confirmed nothing. I don't know if the RAAF got involved but I know 2 very senior officers who were around 92 Wing in those days may be able to shed some light for me.

I personally drove around a lot of the old WW11 airstrips in the 1970's looking to find "treasures" but found scraps of metal and lots of concrete pads and crazy roads(taxiways) , but just like the stories of the tunnels , there was nothing really.

[bob10]

The old airfields were a good place to find old beer bottles. They turned them upside down, and buried them about 3/4 down, marking the edges of the pathways. Those with metal detectors sometimes found coins. On the dirt road to Casuarina beach, there was an interesting earth " berm " , in off the road in the bush. Some said it was the radar site during the War, whatever it was, it would have protected something from all but a direct hit.