Seeing as we only had 250km to travel we left Jabiru about 9.30am for the trip to Darwin. It was a hot day and we were travelling on a good road. We did have a near miss when a small red roo jumped across the road in front of us, but we saw it in plenty of time to miss him.
We checked into Shady Glen Caravan Park ($39 power & water). It is aptly named as there are plenty of shady trees. Just as well as its pretty hot here. We needed to stock up on a few items, so shopped at a nearby supermarket and were back in time for happy hour!!!
The next morning we awoke to find our fridge was not working and transferred everything over to the Engel. Pete phoned a few places to try to get a fridge mechanic, with no success as its a long weekend here, so he had a go at fixing it himself. Not an easy job, but he got it running again.
It was Pete's 65th birthday so we caught the local bus into town (no charge for Seniors!!!) and went to happy hour at one of the many pubs in the main street. We had been recommended a restaurant called Crustaceans which is situated right on the end of Stokes Hill Wharf, and decided to walk there for dinner. We stopped to ask directions from a young girl who was on her way home and she offered to drive us there. (The kids seem to take pity on us when we take these long walks!!!). The wharf has a great view over the water and we sat outside and ate Barramundi. On the walk back we had dessert (a big double ice cream cone each!!!).
After a nightcap in town we headed for the bus station to catch the last bus home. We had a 40 minute wait before it left and were a bit uncomfortable as there were quite a few drunks around. Next minute several transit police arrived and surrounded one drunken Aboriginal and asked the people waiting if he had threatened anyone with the knife he was carrying. No one said yes, and then our bus arrived so we boarded and off we went.
A few stops down the road and four more drunks got on and we only drove a short way when the driver stopped the bus, turned off the engine and asked them did they know they were on the no.8 bus, not the no.4. After about 20 minutes discussion on the matter they decided to get off and we continued on our way without further disturbance.
On our 3rd day I had a problem with the computer and couldnt fix it, so phoned a few places to try to get it fixed. One guy was very helpful and tried to fix ti with me over the phone - no luck. Being a long weekend I will take it into him on Tuesday when the shop opens again. After lunch we drove into town andd walked around the city centre looking at the sights. We then drove out to the sunset markets at Mindl Beach and ate dinner from the stalls there.
Monday morning we drove out to East Point Recreation Reserve and spent a few hours on the beach which has a great view of the city skyline. That afternoon we called in to visit our friend Bill, who we met at Stockton, but lives in Darwin.
On Tuesday we spent the morning catching up on a few necessities and booked the car in to have a transmission fuel cooling kit installed the next day.
With the car in the garage on Wedneday, we decided we needed some exercise and went for a walk along the Stuart Highway. Very hot but we needed to do something. Afterwards we cooled off in the caravan park pool. Our caravan park is very close to Darwin Airport and never seems to close. We have heard planes landing at 2.30 am - quite noisy.
Tomorrow we start our travelling again and are heading to Litchfield National Park. Keep your fingers crossed that our caravan fridge doesn't pack it in!!!!
Not sure if I will have wireless at Litchfield. So next blog may have to wait until I do.
Cheers
Rhonda (Sam) & Pete
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