July 31st - Home to beloved Melbourne!

After a day of packing and picnicking in the park we headed out to Darwin airport and boarded as soon as we could. 

The kids were chatting to the CoPilot for quite some time during the flight (they met in the queue for the toilet) so he invited the kids to come into the cockpit once we had landed.  Little did we think they would evacuate their seats for the kids!  Oh lovely Melbourne, it is good to be home.  But why does it have to be soooo damn cold!

So the time has come for us to return to reality.  What an incredibly memorable trip we have all had.  From hikes to swimming in gorges, from spear throwing to feet being nibbled by Cherebin, from cooking over fires to eating kangaroo, buffalo, crocodile and Thai in the middle of Kakadu. The added special bonus to this trip has been the appreciation by us all of what paradise we already live in. 

Home Sweet Home xxx

Darwin - 29th-30th July

Well, I can honestly say we were all pretty touristed out by this point.....but it was on Mums list to see Fanny Bay Gaol and the WW2 Oil Tunnels.....so off we headed.

Lunch at the Darwin Trailer Boat Club - it was yum and not a bad view either.  Can you see the enthusiastic tourist look on Mums face?  One more day to go and back home :)

Fannie Bay Gaol.....Mum loves all the gruesome stuff.....especially UK crime shows.

These could be kind of handy at home....seems I would need one to have a shower or go to the toilet in peace!

But they always find a way in!

 Weirdo xx

 Ummm..Yeah.

The bonding whilst travelling has been beautiful to watch.....they don't fight nearly as much as at home.

Last day in Darwin....we decided to spend in at the Indo Pacific Marine and then onto the wave pool.  The Indo Pacific Marine was a great place to spend the morning.  They don't, however, allow any photos do to IP or some rubbish....Intelligence Protection - hmph.  It was a brilliant place though.  Saw some very cool fish and amazing coral.  All the tanks have self sufficient living ecosystems, impressive.

So after that very educational and fascinating morning it was off the Wave Lagoon at the Darwin Waterfront.  Toli stopped to ride a mosaic creature...chicken maybe....on the way.

Kids were having a thumb war whilst sitting in their rings in a lull in the waves.

Home from dinner at Manolis - our much loved Greek restaurant from the start of the trip.  Note how the three generations of Curtis-Smith women love their blue stripes!  Toli taking the pic...had no stripes :)

Well that's it. Darwin done and dusted.  Not many photos towards the end of the trip.....see you in Melbs!