Day 151 - Sunday 28 May - 5 months on the road.

Day 151

Sunday

28 May 2017 – 5 months on the road today!

Darwin

Finally a morning with no alarms, though I was still awake at 7.15am and needing the loo, however I returned to bed to read my book until 9am, bliss.

We reluctantly removed ourselves from bed and ate breakfast before I gathered up all my technology and hiked it to the pool to load things on. Paul stayed at the van to rearranging the packing of some of the items in the car and box.

I shared the pool area with two others also getting their technology fix. I thought I was in a spot that would allow things to happen a lot quicker, but as it turns out the internet is just plain slow.

Paul joined me by the pool about an hour later, happy to read as I continued to plod along. We had a quick splash around in the pool before returning to the van, dumping our gear and going for a walk.

We had seen there was a surf brand sale on at the showgrounds next door so we did a wander through the rack of clothing. Nothing really jumped out at me and not at the prices that they still were, however Paul picked up a couple of things.

We then crossed the road to the aviation museum. I wasn’t interested in going inside, even though they advertise they have one of only two B52’s outside of America. We just did the walk around the outside yard, the plane graveyard. Nothing here was going anywhere anytime soon.

Getting hungry, we walked back to the park. It wasn’t as hot today as it has been but it was still a warm walk back. I made up our lunch and we proceeded to spend the next couple of hours sitting in the van, me watching a dvd and Paul still reading.

At 4pm we tidied ourselves up and drove in to town, parking at Mindil Beach and walking to the Skycity Casino. We made our way through the rooms full of pokies with flashing lights and noise and out to the Sandbar. We ordered a drink and then sat out on the lawn as the DJ played his set. 

We watched the small sailing boats bob about on the water, not going far as the wind had dropped away completely and the cloud cover had come in, it would be a warm one tonight.

We finished our drink and then went for a walk along the path following the beach and up into the markets. It was just as busy as last week, bustling with tourists and locals. We did the walk, checking out the stalls and seeing what was on offer for food before making our choice and sitting near the performance arena to eat and watch the man from Outback Experience with his many working dogs and a horse. One of the pups was new to the routine and kept running off. At one stage she ran to me, so I quickly grabbed her by the collar until one of the handlers came to collect her. 

We finished our dinner and then wandered out to the beach to check out the sunset. There was a little pink colouring, but nothing like last weekend, so we cut our time short and returned to the car and then home. 

It didn’t take long for us to jump into our bathers and head to the pool for a swim, cooling down as well as getting the steps up, working off the big dinner. 

Once back at the van we tag teamed having showers and then it was time for bed.