Week 5 – Darwin to Mt Martha return – (by Adelaide)

Week 5

Day 29 – Today we had a look around Darwin We went to one of Darwin’s greatest attractions the Darwin wave lagoon. At the wave lagoon we rode the Big Blue Humpies on a boggie board or a donut. We were at the wave pool for around 3 hours and not once did we get out. After the wave pool we started to get a bit hungry so we had lunch at a café and then we went to the Darwin museum were we saw Sweet heat a 17 foot crocodile found in Darwin water. We also saw an exhibition on Cyclone Tracy. Cyclone Tracy was a devastating natural disaster that occurred in Christmas Eve 1974, the cyclone wiped out most of Darwin. After the museum we drive back to the caravan, we swam in the pool until dark and that’s living the dream.

Day 30 to Day 32 (Mt Martha) – Elia – A quick divert off the Living the Dream tour for the family to attend Dad’s funeral. A beautiful ending for a wonderful father.

Day 33 – Today we had a really lazy day which included having a big sleep in and staying at the caravan park the whole day. This morning was the only time we went out, we went out for breakfast at Cullen Bay. We had a quick look around Cullen Bay but Tav wanted to eat so we had to go straight to the café. After breakfast we went for a quick food shop and then we went back to the caravan park where we spent the rest of the day playing with Rachel and Ryan swimming in the pool that’s living the dream.

Day 34 – Today we went to Crocosaurus Cove where we got to hold and get our picture taken with a baby croc and swim with juvenile crocs, but there was a glass wall between us, At Crocosaurus Cove we also got watch the Barra feeding and the Big Croc feeding. We got to feed the juvenile crocs from the end of a fishing rod. After Crocosaurus Cove we had lunch and then went to a small but really fun waterslide park. At the water park there was 3 big waterslides, a swimming pool and a water playground. We went on all 3 slides over and over again, the red slide was pitch black and you had to go in a tube with a partner but the yellow and blue slides you went by yourself. My favourite slide was the yellow slide because it was the fastest, but the blue slide twisted and turned around in. After the water park we got changed and went out for dinner at the Darwin Sailing Club, that’s living the dream.

Day 35 – Today we had a good look around Darwin finding out a bit about the history of Darwin. First we went to the World War 2 oil storage tanks. The oil storage tanks were built during the second world war after the Japanese bombed the city of Darwin in 1942, just 6 weeks after pearl harbour was bombed. After the oil tanks we had a quick walk up to a lookout and then had lunch at Stokes wharf. After lunch we went to the Fannie Bay jail, were we found out about the history of the jail and the prisoners that were kept there until the jail closed in 1979. After the jail we went home and swam in the pool until it was time to go to the Mindil markets. At the market we had dinner on the beach and watched the sunset on the beach, that’s living the dream.