We had a pretty layback day today, did some mundane things like washing and shopping. Dennis went to get a battery replaced and had a coffee with Neil while I did the shopping. This afternoon it was too hot to do anything in the camper so we sat in the shade with a drink. Dennis worked on the car and then went for a swim in the pool. Tonight we went to the famous mindil beach markets could not believe the crowd and this happens twice a week in the dry season. Pe...

Luxury on suite at Darwin last night of this decadence

Wednesday 30-7-14 Our 8:00am wake up call was, "Hey Brownie you're not still in bed are you?" It was Neil who had already been to work to make an appearance and then came to see our camping set up, he stayed for coffee and a chat. At 10:00 am Kathy and Mick picked us up and took us to the Adelaide river crocodile cruise where they bait the crocs with buffalo meat and make them jump out of the water. We had a pretty good up close encounter and learnt a lot about...

We left Katherine gorge this morning about 9 and headed north stopping briefly at Pine Creek for coffee in a modern mock up railway themed resort which was a pleasant surprise after bush camping. Continuing on the highway the vegetation started looking more tropical with small palms and cabbage trees. As we got closer to Darwin we could see burning off on the horizon smoke billowing high into the air. All along the highway for the last couple of hundred Kms ther...