Darwin: Day Twenty-Two (10 November)

Our last day in the Northern Territory! We visited a local war memorial and went swimming in three different croc-free places - Florence Falls, Buley Rockholes and Wangi Falls – and enjoyed a nice walk along Shady Creek which lived up to its name: hurrah. (As my profile says, I love sunbathing but 46 degrees Celcius is a bit too warm for someone as furry as me, especially when it’s humid too).

Our final stop was at the Banyan Tree before we began the long drive back to Darwin, showers without cane toads and air conditioning. Heaven!

We went out for pizza with some of the people from our trip and then went to bed as we flew to Cairns in the morning to visit Miss Berry, who used to teach at Claremont.


Barnaby

Darwin: Day Eighteen (6 November)

Our last day in Western Australia. Today we fly on to Darwin, which is the capital of the Northern Territory, right in the middle of Australia at the top.

Our flight was not till the afternoon so we spent the morning by the pool and then had lunch with a nice couple from Broome whom we met on Safari. They were in South Africa on honeymoon.

After lunch they took us to Broome Airport, which is quite small. It was only a short flight to Darwin but we had to put our watches forward by half an hour. We were now 9 and a half hours ahead of the U.K.

We went to bed soon after dinner because we had to leave Darwin early the next morning to go to Kakadu.

Barnaby