Saville Park Suites Darwin

... veranlassten uns zu einem weiteren Photostop und dann ging es nach Darwin. Eine kurze Runde durch die Stadt half der Orientierung. Einige genossen den erfrischenden Swimmingpool des Resorts um sich abzukuehlen, andere machten sich gleich auf den Weg um die noerdlichste Stadt zu erkunden.

... break into the prison (I guess that may have been a way to get a feed)

Well we have spent 3 months here and now we have finally left, it is getting very muggy here and the clouds are building p getting ready for the wet season to come. One day we may come back to experience the wet season and see how much it changes to the land and the animals that live in the NT.

... of the most precious things I've ever seen. We also saw some termite mounds, some up to 8 metres high. They make "castles" out of dead grass, their own saliva, and poo. As much as I'd not want to live in a poo castle, they were pretty spectacular homes! The oldest mound we saw was 200 years - pretty stable construction, I'd say!

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... Vietnamese spring rolls and Indian lamb korma with rice and noodles. Scott ate 6 courses (!) which we can’t even remember but there were some meat skewers, curries and noodles in there! All of this washed down with cold water and a bucket load of fresh cold watermelon – YUM!

19/07/09 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!!!!! BIGGEST HUGS, WE MISS YOU AND YOUR RUGRATS!

Today we went to the Beer Can Regatta at Mundil Beach. After ...

... window, Joy has aisle, and middle is free. Room to stretch! Never had airplane food, only heard horrible things, and my diner that night was delicious! It's hard to go wrong with Pasta but I enjoyed it. Sleep then occured for the next 8 hours, so glad I am able to sleep on planes. Eventually Nina came over and took the middle seat- she was ****** always getting up every hour to let the old lady beside her go to the toilets. Both Joy and Nina were from Melbourne and ...

... and we caught up with Deb and Damo for dinner at the Palmerston Club one evening as well as enjoying a lazy Sunday arvo at Berry Springs. The extra adult made all the difference – balance was restored!!

Our long weekend of catch up quickly passed and we all packed up for flights on Wednesday. Neaks, Damo and the boys back to Melbourne and us to Bali to see Mum, Dad, Pj and Kristy his girlfriend. We needed a holiday from our holiday!!!

... t been up to much as yet, Dan working for himself now and has a few weeks worth of work.
We will probably head off at the end of August before the wet gets here in September.

We did go and check out the WW11 OIl tunnels here that never got used in the war. They had lots of photos about the war and did you know that Darwin got bombed 62 separate times and more bombs hit here than Pearl Harbour. Alot of places to see regarding the war ...

... S.A for the weekend to join his 40th B’d*y celebr*tions on S******y night *t the Ski Club. L*ter th*t night we venture to the AFL ground to w*tch Brisb*ne Lions Reserves pl*y N.T Thunder with The Bond F*mily whom we met *t Litchfield. It w*s our first t*ste of live footy *t le*gue level in * long time.

D*mo’s 40th Birthd*y b*sh *t the Ski Club beg*n *t 6pm but not before Greg h*d spent the d*y *t P*lmerston Sports Club for Super S ...

... as they are town gossips as was expressed to us!), this stop was so as to get some food in the little outback pub, and get some fresh air. The stop that was supposed to be 10 minutes, turned into almost 24 hours! As we departed Torrens Creek after our 10 minute stop, Ryan spotted a light burning and so we pulled over at the side of the road. We pulled the bonnet and to our dismay, a tube had come loose and a hole had developed where it was rubbing against the spinny ...

... or something. That night, we went out with everyone from the group and started to get to know people's names. There were 33 people (i think).
21st May - We went and saw Darwin port. That afternoon we set off for Kakadu National Park. We stopped at a Digeridoo Hut where there was a "cute" wallaby that scratched and attacked us all! I was grateful I had my tetanus shot! lol. Then we stopped off at Corrogoree Park and saw our first crocodile!!!! :-) We arrived at the Park and ...