Now we're playing "Catch up" - this was written 10 days ago!! Our journey to Darwin, TWO weeks ago last Wednesday, was Qantas uneventful (everything went perfectly) and it was a joy to reunited with Val and Al after five years; we had a meal at an Irish Pub outside Brisbane (not the plan but the place we were meant to go to has had a motorway driven underneath it (literally) which threw Val - we missed the turning off and got lost in the centre of the city so we...

Now we're playing "Catch up" - this was written 10 days ago!! Our journey to Darwin, TWO weeks ago last Wednesday, was Qantas uneventful (everything went perfectly) and it was a joy to reunited with Val and Al after five years; we had a meal at an Irish Pub outside Brisbane (not the plan but the place we were meant to go to has had a motorway driven underneath it (literally) which threw Val - we missed the turning off and got lost in the centre of the city so we...

After we "dumped" the van on Monday, we walked into Darwin to look at the shops and walk (yes, WALK!) out to The Wharf Precinct where, just over 10 years ago, we'd had the most amazing seafood meal during a bus conference which Richard had to attend and Jill "endured"! Well, the restaurant on the end of the harbour is now called "Crustaceans" but their popularity remains and they could NOT give us a table! The whole way round NZ and Oz and this is the FIRST pla...