Day 148
Thursday
25 May 2017 – Finished Paula Hawkins novel Into the Water, it wasn’t as great as The Girl on the Train and I don’t feel
that it finished satisfactorily.
Alarms again. It’s worse than being at work. We had to be up early today as we were going
fishing with Darryl and he wanted us at his place for 7.30am. The drive to the
suburb of Coolalinga took about 20min and when we arrived and I saw the little
tinnie that we were going out in, I told Paul I was going home. I didn’t fancy
bobbing around in croc infested water, getting burnt to a crisp. I said my goodbyes and then made my way back
to the park.
Once back, I sat outside and read my book, finishing Into the
Water. I then decided to see if the internet connection was better at the pool
area, so I grabbed the computer and ipad and made my way there, sitting on a
lilo and logging in straight away. Yay! I spent the best part of an hour and a
half, just adding photos and trying to do updates on the ipad. In the meantime
other people came to swim and enjoy the wet.
At 11am I returned to the van and decided to head out, I had
thought about doing a Segway tour but they didn’t get back to me so I wasn’t
doing that. I did however venture to the Darwin Museum and art gallery and had
a wander around their premises for a couple of hours. They have the usual kinds
of museum exhibits, birds, fossils, crocs but they also had a large display on
cyclone Tracy who tore through Darwin Christmas 1974. I wandered the photo
display and the audio visual information, finding an interactive evacuee list.
Here I found my girlfriend and her family listed, so that was interesting.
I continued through the art gallery checking the paintings
they had on show and a photographic display of a New Guinean tribe along with
the town they live in. I really enjoyed looking at the images captured.
At 1.20pm I left, remembering I had left my purse at home, I
wasn’t able to head anywhere where I would need money, so I returned to the van
to collect it and then drove out to Casuarina Square again for a quick food
shop.
I spoke to the AC mob, who were only just ordering the part
today! I hope it arrives in time, damn Darwin time up here, nothing happens in
a hurry.
When I was back, I made lunch as I was starving being 2.30pm
and then figured I would go to the pool for a cool down swim. I chose the cold
pool, as a little boy had peed in the other pool this morning much to his
family’s embarrassment.
I chatted with some fellow campers, enjoying hearing their
stories of life on the road.
4pm I returned to the van, changed and was just about to put
on a DVD when Paul rang asking to be collected, so it was back in the car and
off to Coolalinga. He hadn’t had that successful a day fishing, catching a bull
shark, which he released and a black cod.
We made our way back to the van. Paul unloaded the car of
everything, ready for it to go in for a service tomorrow. I enjoyed the peace
and coolish weather outside.
We had our dinner and then relaxed in the van. I rang home
to wish dad a happy birthday and we caught up on all the gossip, not much. We then made our way to the pool for our
nightly swim and cool down. We again had it to ourselves, which was wonderful.
We returned to the van to read for a short while before turning
the lights out if only we could sleep over the sound of the military helicopter
trying to land on our roof!
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