Well this blog is a bit delayed.

Thursday the van was picked up by another tilt truck and taken to the repairers, we were given a lift to town where we did a little bit of shopping. Then we got a taxi back to the caravan park where we had booked a cabin for the night, and had a lazy day doing nothing.

Friday morning the van was ready at 10am, so I walked around to get it (about 4kms) in the morning heat. Courtesy of the park management we then watered up and did a bit of washing before officially departing the Boab Caravan Park. Back to the shops and stocked up for the next couple of weeks which we planned to spend in Kakadu and other places south of Darwin. We drove 90kms to Pine Creek, the waypoint for Kakadu, (turn right here it says) and booked in for the night at Pussy Cat Flats. This is/was the local racecourse until red tape made it too expensive to maintain as such. So it has new life as a low cost caravan park, complete with wet bar, meals if required and a bush style 9 hole golf course.

Then comes this morning and our friend Tom is back in hospital in Darwin! So we pack up and head up here to Darwin to give whatever support is needed. Having checked on Tom, who was by then discharged, we headed into town to visit the kids. Acacia & Zimmy were both very pleased to see us and the van, probably more so the van, but we were made most welcome. At this stage Zimmy is sleeping with us in the van.

Depending on Tom we May head off tomorrow.