Our last full day at Darwin and the weather is near perfect once again. We headed to the city to enjoy some time at the wave pool. They apparently can make 10 different waves...we saw about 4 in the time we were there. The water was a nice temperature and it was great for the kids with also having a shallow section behind. In the park next door there was a free inflatable waterslide so Zach had some turns at that before we went back to a camper for a rest. ...

Today we went to Leanyer Water Park which was free. They had 3 water slides, a splash zone, a large pool as well as cascading pools. Zach went on the waterslide with Matt in one of those double boats and he LOVED IT! In the afternoon we also dropped by Howard Springs which also had some cascading pools (again cold), a park and a lake.

Today we moved caravan parks hoping to stay at a no frills one for half the cost of FreeSpirit as the next few days we would be out all day sightseeing. Unfortunately these were booked out so we didn't get one as cheap as planned. It was $10 cheaper and closer to the city with grassy shady site so it was better. As myself and the boys were run down with a cold we drove around town seeing what we could find. We had lunch at Fannie Bay, then drove up to East Poin...

While Matt spent the entire day replacing the new head, I took the kids to Kids Club where they made these snakes.

Today was reserved as Matt's fix the car day. He thought he would just need to replace the head gasket which was expensive enough, but after having the head checked professionally, the car needed a whole new head! So we are now over $2k poorer just from this :-(. Lucky Matt knows what he is doing and is saving money on labour by doing it all himself. We are also aware of another mechanical problem that needs fixing next so that's not the end of car repair costs.&...