This is our last night in Darwin as we plan to leave first thing in the morning and head towards Western Australia. Daniel left this morning which we were all sad about. Unfortunately we have had to spend some money on the car here in Darwin. Back when we were in North Queensland the plastic top tank on the radiator developed a split which I had temporarily repaired till I could locate a radiator for it. Unfortunately everywhere that I asked revealed it was gen...

The last few days in Darwin have been very hot! Yesterday we went to Howard Springs which is only about 15-20min from where we are staying in Palmerston. Unfortunately the new play area was not yet finished but Lochie and Daniel cooled off in the kids pool and waterfall. All the playing gave us an appetite, we felt like something healthy for lunch so we went to Maccas. After our healthy lunch we all went to a park and raced Mark's remote control cars around. On...

Today we went to the amazing Crocasaurus Cove in Darwin City Centre. 25 plus years ago we used to go to the Territory Crocodile Farm down the track at Noonamah south of Darwin but it is no longer a tourism operation. Now there are two Crocodile places to choose from, one in the city and one in the suburbs. We chose Crocasaurus Cove in the City because you get to see the crocs up close behind perspex, like Underwater World, and Daniel got to feed some smaller Croc...

Today I took part in an Adventure Ride around Darwin in memory of a great bloke, Bill Laver, who committed suicide last week due to depression. It was very sad to hear of his passing as he was very well known within the Adventure Riding community. This ride was one of several organised rides throughout Australia. I was given the opportunity to ride a 2011 Triumph Tiger 800XC, which I jumped at, and I had a great time exploring the dirt tracks on the outskirts of ...