Best Western Top End Hotel Darwin

... inside the park were flowing but not as at the end of six month's worth of monsoons. Dry season or not, several great swimming holes give some awesome Aussie style relief on these hot, humid days during the Build Up.

Torrential rainy season monsoons will soon deluge this area, and a good portion of the park goes under water. Saltwater crocs move in and actually swim around the falls so this is about the only time of year ...

... around it is not possible to swim all year, so the government has established this water park. It was great fun with Fi excelling herself down the water rides. Later that night it was down to the famous Mindil markets, which is on the beach at sunset. The girls loved the great Asian Hawker food and handicrafts (especially the jewellery).

Friday

Today we were up early to pack up the 4WD and heading off to the Licthfield National park.

Be prepared to be gorged in this blog! I seem to write a lot about gorging and gorges. I wonder if this has any significance whatsoever? We last left you having completed Cape York, and now take you on a most delightful journey along the Gulf of Carpentaria to Katherine and then to Darwin.

You like all our pretty pictures don't you? Well, let it b e known that between each pleasant location we’ve photographed ...

... a new camera and Jessica Maulboy was singing on stage in the shop (from Australian Idol she was the runner up)
If you get the chance to travel Australia go for it, it is amazing I am so glad we just said what the hell and did it.
Until next time take care and we may see you on the road, we have met some great people and loads of kids.

... 8221; at another friend of Greg’s who was hosting a BBQ in his apartment in Cullen Bay we managed to leave for the caravan park. I dropped Damo off to kick on at his local in Palmie while Greg was near snoring in the car!

The Darwin Cup was next day and I didn’t think Greg would even be able to attend. He managed to get himself ready and motivated by 10am. I dropped him in and intended to joined them for the last 3hours of the race meeting. Julie, Tony ...

... to Perth- nutters! They'd never cycled before but thought it was the cheapest option- mad! I asked them if they were doing it for charity, but they said no, its just for the challenge and experience- bonkers! Anyway we made them jealous by cooking steak whilst they were on their usual rations of baked beans on toast- mental! Guys, if you read this, I think you're totally crazy, but best of luck to ya!

... i found it a bit scary trying to keep and eye on them all when the waves were on. James got his knuckles wrapped for letting Leah get in too deep, although she was not fazed at all! A barbie with Colette and Andrew and a few exchanges of tales of our travels later, it was a late night for all!

Tuesday was a day for sorting out paper work, then out for dinner to the RSL (like the ...

... and even with the head flag on the swags we were all eaten alive by mosquitoes. It was quite warm too so you pretty much had to choose between being eaten alive or boiling to death.

Our last day of the tour we did a mini boat cruise which took us to a hike to some more gorgeous falls. You couldn't swim there because of crocodile warnings. After we did a fairly intense walk over massive boulders to a really nice swimming spot but it was REALLY cold because the water was all in ...

... spirit. We stayed in Kununurra for 5 nights without doing too much. We are really getting good at slowing down, especially when there are friends to slow down with! And the boys loved playing with all the kids again; there were 11 of them here. It was very hot and we just really relaxed; by the pool mostly. M caught his first barra which was a keeper (58cm!!) We drove up to Wyndham one day & checked out the '5 Rivers Meet’ lookout which was really ...

... Adelaide River and they feed these huge crocs who then jump right up to the boat and snap the meat off the line, we also got to hold huge pythons which was probably my highlight of that trip! We also visited the ’Mindil sunset Markets, a great market where everyone goes just before sunset and watches the sun go down on the beach, before embarking upon the delicious culinary delights of the many stalls situated just up from the beach. We really enjoyed our evening there ...