We have just had a wonderful experience watching a movie under the stars with possums rustling in the nearby gumtrees at the Deckchair Cinema. Today we went to Crocodylus Park which is a zoo specialising in crocodiles. I was actually nervous on the walk in and the first crocodile I saw made my skin crawl. We saw young adults jumping out of the water to get bits of meat from a rope. Then the breeding pens where there are ~20yo adults - the largest ma...

Dropped the car in for a service this morning and then headed in to the city. We did part of the heritage walk and saw wonderful old stone buildings from the 19th century, many badly damaged by cyclone Tracy. Spent some time shopping for souvenirs in the mall: C bought a kangaroo skin and I got a kangaroo wallet. Then we went to the wave lagoon on the waterfront. It was 32°, perfect cloudless sky and it was fun. Picked up the car, dropped the kids back t...

The early start worked well and we made it into Darwin by lunch. Settled into the Hidden Valley Tourist Park which is good - has an ensuite. Jasper's Surface tablet isn't working so took that in to Harvey Norman and it's got to be sent away. He was quite upset.