Well 11days in Darwin have gone very quickly - since we last blogged, Grace started her school holidays so we spent the day at the V8s at Hidden Valley - we went out for the practice day which was good because they have lots of side actions that kept the kids interested. The next day we went to Berry Springs - the largest ones so far this trip, and swam there, a bit of excitment as a brown snake also swam there, causing everyone to get out of the water while he moved on. The kids swam with the Archer fish, and fed some, also seeing Longtoms .
We went to the wave park and got used to the washing machine effect, and Hunter worked out how to catch a few waves. We tried to teach Hannah how to catch a wave, but, we were unsuccessful. We also tried to teach Hannah to love prawns, oysters and fish, again, without success, but we did get her to eat Buffalo. That night after the wave park we went to the Mindil markets and did our bit of shopping, I bought a diggeridoo CD, which Os and I loved at the markets, but I am not allowed to play in the car.
Monday we went to the Fannie Bay Goal, surprised to learn that it only closed in 1980.
We went back to the water slides for another afternoon, too good when it is free. This time the big bucket was working, so we had our last go at the slides, and Hunter loved getting hit by the water from the big bucket. Os and Trix then went for a scoot around the skate park.
Hunter and Dek got up early yesterday for their day of deep sea fishing - after much build up, they came home with fish for dinner - just none that they had caught - fortunately for them some of the people on the boat that did catch something could not take them back to their motel!!! They caught about 13 fish / sharks between them , but as shark do not have scales they are not allowed on the boat, and the fish were all too small. Much talk about 'next time' - but we will see. I can see the need to fish while we are in the Gulf increasing!!
When you are next travelling through the NT listen to the radio for the road safety ads, Oscar, Trixie and I did some voice recordings for the radio ads - "Hey dad, check your speedo, slow down!"
Today Hunter and I did the tour of parliament house because hunter is studying government at school this term - interesting that the current building was only opened in 1994 - so government is all very new up here, with self government starting in the 1970's. We have a few thousand km's in the car to make sure he understands it all.
We are heading off from here to go across the Gulf - not sure when we will next get service. We have loved the stay in Darwin, and it has been great spending time with Anya and Grace, and we loved that they have put up with us for so long - but looking forward to getting back into the tents and travelling again - we are now taking more interest in the temperatures back home, because we are really only weeks away now from them - as we still swim several times in a day here, not sure how we are going to cope!!!
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