In Kuta packing to return to Darwin and then the long trek back down the middle. Had fun. Saw the Kite Festival in Sanur, rode beaten up Malvern Star bikes Brad said they were 30 yes old and from the dump. Went to Potato Head and had cocktails. Stunning place decorated with 100,s old doors. Had high tea at Biku. Another stunning venue in seminyak. Had many massages. Plain awful but with the money in humour value. Got poked in the eye having a facial. Body scrub a...

KIDS have arrived they flew in last night but got stuck in immigration for 2 hrs. No surfing tiday as windy and not right. Hotel not really that good. Toilet not flushing right ceiling leak has stopped, bath doesnt drain when you have a shower. THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE. Have found a good hotel near by for next year.

Arrived in Darwin three weeks ago. Staying in the driveway of David Schroeder's house (adopted son). Brad started painting the house. he has been painitng every day. I cook, clean and read books and sit in the pool when it all gets too hot. Its 30 degrees every day and 40% humidity. We are just not used to it and poor Brad is suffering working in this heat every day. He tries to work in the shade and moves about the house tomaximise thw shade. Last weekend t...

Feeling the heat! After Daly Waters we went to Douglas Daly Region and stayed on the Daly River. Visited Butterfly Gorgeand spent 34kn round trip for nothing did not see one butterfly. Moved on to Kakadu. We had very high expectations about this place. It seems the locals burn the grass this time of year to clear out undergrowth and re generate but for the tourist the place looks like the aftermath of Black Friday bushfires. Everything is burnt to a cinder. Tr...

Have left Doc and jenny Smallacombe at Banka Banka, they are heading south. We headed north to Daly waters pub. Looking for barra Burger or like. Mr B is sick of meat he tells me. We have had an overdose of meat and little fish. Jenny has nicknamed Brad Mr Camp Fire, i think he is a pyromaniac. . His camp fires are a thing to behold. They are as ordered as his drawers at home. they have to be precise and constructed just the right way so they breathe etc. The b...