Return to Darwin

Picture from day before - top of Gunlom Falls

Saturday 28^th June 2008

We didn’t get up early or rush the packing away but we probably should have because it was a long way (and we had to go south before we could go up again). It was however, much more scenic than the northern entrance route and the girls didn’t really care because they were watching Harry Potter and were supplied with food. There were lots of road trains and plenty of slow caravans (keeping the speed down to minimise their fuel consumption).

Back in Darwin we found the hotel with no trouble – it’s right next to the airport so that we can walk across to the plane at the early hour of tomorrow’s flight. There was a bit of an issue at check-in because the studio bungalow turned out to have one double bed and one ‘single’ sofa bed. We had to take it tho’ because the hotel was booked out and probably everywhere else was, too. It was a cute little bungalow and it had a tv with a kids channel so the small size of the bed was deemed to be ‘not an issue’.

I had a long and hot shower and was in heaven. The girls and Paul checked out the pool but after a couple of minutes in they’d had enough – nothing interesting to do – they prefer plunge pools and rivers!

Paul took advantage of having phone coverage and called as many people as he could think of but we dragged him off to dinner at the fancy hotel restaurant. Strangely neither Paul nor I could face a starter – partly ‘cos the girls wouldn’t have lasted that long and maybe partly because we’re not used to that much quality food!

Holly chose to sleep on the floor until Katie had fallen asleep because they were just too close to each other with no room to move and the planned early night just got away from us – again!