After a nice breakfast in the hotel, Mum, Renee & Eamon got the Father's Day card and present sorted out and Dad was so surprised!!! We then drove down the Kakadu Highway where many of the things to do in the area stem from. We were keen to do a Yellow Waters Cruise and arrived at Cooinda in time for the 1.15pm cruise. (The Cooinda Lodge looked like a nice place to stay). Margaret was our boat driver and guide, and she was very knowledgeable about the bir...

We had a great time in Darwin, but it was time to leave, so we headed off about 9.30am towards Kakadu. We got a call in transit from Renee's netball team (Starlings) to let us know they'd won the Final today, and are in the Grand Final next Saturday, so we were very excited! We were booked into the 11am "Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise" down at Adelaide River. On our arrival, the kids got to handle a water python with a yellow belly called Medusa which ...

We were standing at No. 1 Stuart Highway this morning, and realised we have travelled the entire highway from beginning to end (Port August to Darwin) - 2,834 kilometres in total: we have officially done "The Track"! The Land Cruiser was booked in for a service at Toyota, so we got the bikes off the car and organised ourselves for a day of cycling interspersed with various activities. Our destination was East Point, an 8km ride out from the CBD. We took the...

Cooler start to today with the first large clouds we have seen in 5 weeks - no rain but. We had bacon & eggs for breakfast and the kids went to the splash park - what a great idea they are, as kids can go and cool off and have fun by themselves! Mum had noticed a mobile hairdresser right near us in the caravan park, so we met Tracey and she did Mum's colour (using Senso's ingredients of course), and also trimmed Eamon's hair - how convenient! In the afte...

We woke up to a hot morning - it was 28 degrees by 10am. We lazed around and eventually decided on a course of action. Take Mum to the YMCA at Palmerston to do a 45 minute circuit class, while Dad, Renee & Eamon go to the Leanyer Water Park. That done, we all met up at the Palmerston Shopping Centre where we spent too much money at the surf shop on 'surf stuff', and had a late lunch. We jumped in the car and drove into Darwin (we are staying about 20kms...