Darwin

6 August

Lay day today to catch up on a few things, such as shopping, voting, and a bit of maintenance. The Fairbairn camper had to have some metal plates attached to the frame.

These plates are intended to spread the load of a steel stay that holds the cantilevered bed up. The repair kit arrived without prior notice from Ultimate, at their Paddo address after we had left and so they had it sent on to the Katherine Post Office where we picked it up en route. The adhesive had to be left to cure for 24 hours so there was an interesting sleeping arrangement in the Fairbairn camp that night

We had a brief catch up with Tracey over lunch at the Casuarina shopping centre before heading off into the city to vote.

Skyped the McKellars, Ginetyck and Beehive in the evening so Bibi got her Granma fix that will have to last a while.

Had difficulty finding a restaurant to dine that night that wasn’t already booked up. Tried a couple of restaurants in Mitchell Street that Tracey had recommended, however, it would appear that Mitchell street in Darwin is the place to be on a Friday night so we opted for a little Turkish restaurant just around the corner.
We were surprised to see how much Darwin had grown since we were last here. It is now a busy modern thriving city. We were entertained by continual flyovers of military aircraft due to tri-nation manoeuvres.

We went to bed smelling like kippers due to the fact that there had been a grass fire in the paddock behind the camp site and everything ended up covered in black smuts.