Category: Around Australia 2011

ok folks … Its Grannie’s turn to blog. Greg. And Em have admitted defeat having worn themselves out catching up on three day’s worth in one sitting. We are sitting out door enjoying a balmy tropical night after a very busy day. Greg instructed us to rise early so we would be able to avoid the heat of the day. So off we went bright and early … South first to view the rock art at the base of an awe inspiring overhanging escarpment at Nourlangie. It was a 1.5 km walk and Amy and Oliver coped brilliantly. Continue reading “Day 5 Kakadu – Nourlangie and Ubirr” →

Friday – the day Greg made the last blog entry tuned into a bit of a debacle… He took the car in at 830am to have the windscreen replaced expecting it to take 2 hours or so and didn’t return to us until 230pm… The car was about 2km from the city so he did manage to wander around, but alas he had taken no sunscreen so spent his day crossing from one side of the road to the other to avoid the sun AND he was too miserly to buy himself lunch! Needless to say he returned to us a little grumpy having survived on only two coffees from McDonalds.

That day was redeemed by an afternoon visit to the Leander Waterpark – a free park in suburban Darwin which had numerous waterslides, a pool and play equipment with water etc. We put together a bit of a picnic dinner and the day finished well. Greg still won’t talk about the windscreen incident, insisting he has put it behind him. Oh and Greg and I did sneak off to the deck chair cinema – thanks Granny!! Continue reading “Days 2 to 4 Darwin to Jabiru” →

Wooohooo! Emma, Amy and Oliver arrived a couple of days ago. I’m not sure who was more excited. It’s nice for the shoe to be on the other foot when it comes to greetings at an airport. As we are now all together July 6 we shall declare day 1.

The van park is great. Your choice of three diffent pools. I haven’t run for a few days now, mostly cause I haven’t felt the need after pulling Amy and Oliver through the water, swimming laps with Oliver on my back and making numerous trips to the teenager infested loos with one or two children perched on my shoulders, back, front or various combintions thereof. Continue reading “Day one – let the fun begin!” →