Hi Guys, here we are in Daley Waters Pub. It is an icon of a place and we are only here for the night. I will write and tell you about it later. For now I have a few days catching up because of the lack of coverage and internet access.

We left you at Darwin, I know wanting more of our fabulous insight into the places that we have visited. It was ma and da's wedding anniversary (42) years!!! They have managed to put up with each other for that long. We booked a dinner cruise in the harbour at Mindel Markets. You could say that we were a little disappointed in Darwin......I was looking forward to getting to the Mindel Markets since Ansett went down. I remember fondly the raw paw paw salad and the eclectic stalls and people that gather there. Well we walked around and looked for things to look at.....it is not as busy or as well supported by the stalls as I remember and the only person that was doing the salad had decided not to come to work!!! Not only did we miss out on the salad we were accosted by a somewhat mad man that despite his talents on the canvas had a stare that would cut through stone. Be warned; duck if his head turns your way! Mum made the almost fatal error of engaging him to talk about his paintings and was almost lost to us forever.

Hugh and I did our first lot of exercise for the trip, apart from the gorge trekking we have not raised a sweat for some time - it has been bliss! Well we decided to do a power walk with some step ups etc at various points along the way. We took Pip but left Carrie as she is getting a little 'can't be bothered' these days, especially in this heat. She was powering along! Absolutely loving it. We of course went in the heat of the day just to make sure that everybody thought what "stupid tourist" we are! We survived and I suffered for about 4 days. Pip never missed a beat and Carrie never knew we were gone.

We went on the dinner cruise that night......nothing like the brochure! We were sold sailing on a yacht with a smorgasbord of seafood and meat and salads. To say we got anything like that would be an exaggeration. What w got was an old fishing trawler painted up and a mast put in the centre of the boat. The awning covered everything and because we were up the front we were on a serious lean that had Hughie constantly on guard of toppling over backwards. The smell of diesel complimented the smoked mackerel and banana prawns beautifully. We had entertainment from the guest next to us. We all agreed that they were having an affair as he was in the army up in Darwin on exercise with a wedding ring and she was a slut from Sydney visiting for a couple of days without a wedding ring! She had tats all over her boobs that were only just held in check by the Supre dress she borrowed from her daughter half her size. Her stomach and butt were not to be tamed but her rotten tooth kept our eyes from focusing too much on her muddy shoes.Why we knew she was having an affair with him is because they kept making phone calls turned away from each other and as she was calling her children he was calling someone else and she kept very silent....Then they would get off the phones and start snogging and groping at each other, it was gross but entertaining. They night ended without incident except for the burning of our retinas from the shock of the two almost fornicating on the boat.

We left Darwin and I have to say I was not sad to see the end of it. It was not as I remembered it at all but it is developing fast to become somewhat of a Perth type place. Lots of buildings and apartment in the centre of town but nothing to do and no one to go there.

Speak to you soon. Lots of lovin from the girls.