Well we have finally broken away from the gravitational pull of Darwin and are on our way again. We really enjoyed our time with our grandchildren and their parents. Up here they have a 4 week break for the 3rd term due to the weather conditions, the dry as it is known is hot and humid so they have the same break over the Christmas period. For our kids though it is a difficult time as they are shifting back to Perth with all that that implies.  Anyway our 6 weeks is up, we have seen how well darwin caters for school holidays, visited a few places that we hadn't seen and had a couple of weekends of, which we spent in Litchfield park. 
Today we have driven out to the Arnhem hwy which will, tomorrow take us into the Kakadu National Park. On the way we stopped at a place called Window on the Wetlands, this is a purpose built and rather spectacular building on top of one of the few hills in the wetlands. The building by the NT government is staffed by locals from  theLimilngan-Wulna tribe who are trained by said government and if the lovely lady called Lynette we met there is an example both the training and the people are great. The wetlands themselves are what you would expect, flat low lying ground as far as you can see and quite a sight. Inside the building there is an explanatory display showing the ecology of the area, on the next floor is a balcony with tables and binoculars and story boards describing what you see and some of its history. 
Tonight we are in an informal park that is part of the Coroboree Tavern, quit pleasant, reasonably priced and with a 4mtr sestuarine crocodile, a 1.6mtr freshwater crocodile plus some buffalo. A nice spot to spend the night.