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... the magnetic termite mounds yet we still managed to visit despite the area already being fiery, scorched and smoky. That's Australia...you find a way to make do. The Aboriginals and park rangers do controlled burns at the end of the monsoons so there isn't a great amount of explosive underbrush causing things to spiral out of control. But the quick work one cigarette butt will do to an area that receives not a single drop of ...

... nails and gained first class access to my personal one kilo of export quality banana prawns. We ate seafood for dinner for the next 4 nights, by which point we were dying for a steak! The car fridge had a pungent aroma of humming, over ripe fish that proved hard to eradicate.<br><br>Just before the NT border is Lawn Hill National Park. Simply put, a palm tree lined, aqua water oasis in the middle of dry, crackly savannah ...

... got a few from the sidelines. <br> <br>We all went to the Mindil markets for dinner on the Thursday night. Unfortunately there were no pork buns, something Tom has been missing for the last month, but the kids manage to fill up on steamed chicken dim sims and chocolate ice creams all the same. We watch a couple of performances whilst eating, the first some didgeridoo playing to fantastic images of wildlife and the kids were suitably impressed ...

... and 10 crew already working on the boat, it was good to know we weren&#8217;t the only crazy people who had signed up for this type of work. We got through it though; we learned to live with the constant smell of fish guts and worked together as a team, finding new ways to keep ourselves entertained. Thomas, our new found Dutch friend, told us stories of how he was related to Elvis, the skipper Steve told very inappropriate jokes and ...

... turned up at Darwin train station at 10am, took loads of photos of us with the Ghan train, then boarded and enjoyed the train ride. At Katherine we spent 3 hours in a coffee shop, and then got the coach at 5:30pm, arriving back in Darwin at 9:30pm. <br> Totally pointless waste of a day, I know, but at least I've managed to realise a lifelong dream of a journey on the Ghan!

... here he went onto she the remains of the old city hall building or what was left of it after cyclone Tracy went thru and nearly wiped out this city.<br><br>Much of the city is only 30yrs old as a result of cyclone Tracy so there is very little in the way of heritage buildings but what there is is worth the look and appreciate the beauty in that stone work, the rest of the day was spent doing the usual stuff getting ready for the next leg of this holiday the train trip so ...

... I did then manage to get a few balls in the air and reasonably straight.  Still pretty rubbish though and I can't get them very far!  Oh well at least the driving range was green this time.<br><br>Tomorrow night we are off on a romantic sunset dinner cruise on a 22 metre sailing ketch called Cape Adieu.  Looking forward to that.<br><br> 30th July<br><br>The sunset Harbour Dinner Cruise was fantastic.  We were on the "Cape Adieu" as described above and had a 3 course meal served to us ...

... A fleeting stop in Katherine for cream buns and Diesel.<br><br>8.30pm. DARWIN. The Cables were shattered. Checked into a motel (hard to tell what you are checking into, in the dark) and slept and slept and slept.<br><br>Mon.20 Apr. A really lazy morning. <br><br>2.00pm. Bid the truck farewell at Perkins Shipping. We'll next see it in Singapore 1st May, give or take a day. Walked back into town, a sweltering, humid 34 degrees. Found a wine shop, bought a ...

... the good thing about darwin is that its small, so mitchell street is the main social drag and the only place to go for a good atmosphere. Had a big feed in the ducks nuts and then hit the bars cant remember all the names but it was a good arvo.<br><br>Alex and monica