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We stay another night in the CP - the girls are happy as they get to go to the water park again (daddy doesn't mind either!!!:D)  it's also good to chat with Ken our neighbour at the CP.  We finally pick up the computer and decide in the morning to head to Kununurra W.A. via Kakadu National Park (it also means we will have to stay one night at the Big 4 Katherine again!!!! (Yay - more Barra!!)  Hope the work situation is better in Western Australia!!!

Wednesday:  We wait for phone calls re: jobs applied for - very quiet here in Darwin.  The girls have fun in the pool ect.

Matt goes for interview - not good, he wants to lock him in a contract till October............................... so we decline.

Today is "Territory" day and they celebrate BIG up here, you can legally buy fireworks today (only 1 day) the shops are nuts with people buying them up.  Tonight the fireworks go OFF till 12am....................  the girls thought it was great!!!

Thursday:  Still waiting for the laptop - major issues :mad:.  We take the girls to the free water park and slides - AWESOME - not sure who had more fun daddy or the girls!!!!!!

This place is AWESOME, full of kids as they are on holidays here till 21st July!!! and its costs nothing :D:

I can't believe the girls actually went down these big water slides!!!! several times!!!

Tuesday 30th June 2009

Today we visit Litchfield National Park - we pack a picnic lunch and leave early so we can make a day of it.  AWESOME place, we bush walk, check out Wangi falls, Florence falls, Buley's Rock pool (we swim at all of these places - no Croc's today!!!) the girls are fascinated with the magnetic termite mounds.

Wangi Falls: we had a lovely swim here:

Somebody stop me!!!!!

Florence Falls - had a GREAT swim here as well!!!

Litchfield National Park = A Magical place!!

Magnetic Termite mound - clever little ants these!!!

And after all that bushwalking, learning about North/South Magnetic termite mounds and swimming........ it made for a very quiet drive home!!!

Monday 29th June 2009

Matt spends the day looking for work and handing out his resume - got an interview with Apollo motorhomes on Wednesday evening.

Saturday 27th June 2009

Went into Darwin city today and checked out the mall ect - seems like a nice quiet, lazy town.  Went into Casuarina shopping town (Racheal was happy - she loves shopping and can't understand how country towns don't have malls, and how you can possibly drive over 2,000 klm's and not come across at least one Westfields!!!)

Darwin Wharf:

Mindel Beach - see no one is swimming why???  Boxed jellyfish and Crocodiles - CRICKEY MATE!!!!

Friday 26th June 2009

We sadly leave the Big 4 at Katherine and head for Darwin, we get into Darwin mid afternoon,  we check out the place that said they had space for us and decided it should be shut down - totally gross!!!! We then drive/phone around to get in somewhere and No one can fit us in!!! OK panic mode - we finally find the last powered site in Darwin (no I am not joking) at Malak - $270 for 6 nights :ohmy:, its an En-suite site but not too flash at all.

Thursday 25th June 2009

This morning the girls spend in the pool at the park (oh did I mention we are now in the NT and summer is still happening???? 31 -34 deg everyday :))  We make our way to the dentist at 3pm - $180 and a very brave Racheal later we are all sorted!!!

We decide to repeat last night as it was just great fun and really not that expensive!!!!  once again we are entertained, the girls loved the seafood basket and ordered it again and you can guess what the parents have!!!! (not everyday you come across wild Barramundi you know!!!)

Wednesday 24th June 2009

We didn't get much sleep at all last night - poor Racheal had a really bad tooth ache and was in a lot of pain - turns out the tooth had broken :(.  We go outside and chat with Narelle and Dave - turns out Narelle is a dental nurse and just happens to have a temporary filling kit!!!!  she did a fantastic job on Racheal's tooth and she is no longer in pain   a HUGE thank you Narelle!!!!.

We head into town and check out the famous Daly Waters Pub - what a laugh!!!!  We then head off the Mataranka and the wonderful thermals pools (Matt is VERY excited!!).  We also check out Bitter Springs - very pretty..

Daly Waters Pub - very unique!!!:

We arrive in Katherine and make a mad dash for a chemist to source a good local dentist - we find one (and there is only one!!! apart from the government dentist - not taking my baby girl there I can tell you!!)  but can't get in till 3.15 on Thursday - thank goodness we met Narelle and Racheal is not in any pain.  We check into the Big 4 Low Level CP $44 per night but worth every cent - this park is just AWESOME!!!  They have happy hour from 5pm - 6pm, free entertainment (Geoff Evans - does a lot of country!!) and the food is GREAT - the girls share a HUGE seafood basket, Matt and I have Wild Barra - oooohhhhhhh sooooo yummy  - all in all it was a GR8 night.

Tuesday 23rd June 2009

We leave Tennant Creek (after a good nights sleep) and head for Daly Waters - we stop for lunch about 100 klm's south of Daly Waters and meet another family who are also doing the same thing as us - Julie and Brad have 2 children Tayla and Jackson, they also have a Retreat Daydream (weird seeing another the same as ours - there are not too many on the road)  Brad and Julie have been on the road now for 14mths and are currently travelling with Brads parents Narelle and Dave (they have a lovely Baroma van).

We all decide to meet up tonight and free camp at the WWII airstrip at Daly Waters.  We meet up have a great chat and dinner.

Its Friday 3rd July and I am only just posting for Monday 22nd June!!! - the Laptop had a coronary.....:mad:!!  thanks to the guy's at Able Computers in Darwin we are now back in IT land!!!

So here goes:

Monday 22nd June 2009

We leave Alice Springs and continue on our way to Darwin,  we got as Far as Tennant Creek and decided to call it a day!!! far too tired to travel any further.  We pay $37.50 for one night in a dodgy CP................................at least we will get a good nights sleep - we hope!!

Devils Marbles on the way to Tennant Creek:

Two little Angels at Devils Marbles!!!: