21st April

Did not have a very good night last night thanks to some rowdy campers next door. They were quiet loud and the girls woke crying three times before midnight. When they woke in the morning James told them to go outside and make lots of noise (of course after spending 5 weeks telling them to be quiet they did not make a peep)! We had breakie and threw in a load of washing before leaving the girls in the capable hands of the in laws and heading off on an undergroun mine tour. Unfortunatly cameras were not alowed so i have not got any pitures other than one taken and charged at $10 of the pair of us in our fashionable oversized (only my case) bright orange overalls and boots that swam on my feet! The best part of this photo has to be the fact that my eyes are shut! ohwell. The tour was pretty good and it was nice to again get to actually listen to what the tour guide was saying rather than distracting the littlies while i took as many photos as i could to look at later! hehe.

After a quick lunch of leftover chinese we headed off to the underground hospital where Olivia promptly fell asleep in the car. James valintly offered to stay with her and the rest of us headed off underground again. The hospital was originally made shortly after Darwin was bombed when they realised that something was needed for paitents when under attack. Children unearthed the mine a few years back when they saw a rabbit dissapear into a hole which they then lowered themselves into. This was actually the escape hatch of the hospital! It was interesting to see the restoration which was done by looking at photographs taken by a doctor back then.

After this we went to Kmart as James needed shorts. We got shorts and more! I don't remember seeing so many $2, $4 and $5 signs in Kmart ever! The girls both got $15 worth of clothes and i even got a new pair of shorts for myself! Bargain! Then we went back to the caravan park where we went for what i had hoped would be a lovely swim but the water was still too cold! There have really only been two warm days here so far so the water has not warmed up enough yet! Need to go futher north! After some home grown lamb chops and salad for dinner we headed off to bed, tomorrow hopefully staying at Barkley Homestead and be back in Darwin by Monday Lunchtime. This all depends on the children and also on what we find to do along the way but attractions are far and few between along this stretch so we will just have to see how we go.

Nite All XXX