We went to the fish feeding in the ocean on hightide at Aquascene. They give you bread to feed to the fish and the fish swim around your feet while you feed them, it was really cool.
Poppy Col was told by one of his friends to visit the Fanny Bay Yacht Club for a drink so we had dinner and watched the sunset from there.
We hadn't seen enough crocs yet so we drove down to the Adelaide River and went on the Croc Jumping Cruise. We saw alot of crocs and the guide got a really large 5.5m male to come up onto the bank so we could see his whole body, he was massive. It was the guide's first trip on his own so he didn't have too much luck on getting the crocs to jump, we only saw 1, but it was a good cruise anyway. We then visited the Window to the Wetlands Visitor centre which was really information for all of us.
The Mindil Markets was a favourite of ours and we went on both Thursday night and Sunday. The kids spotted the Mick's Whips store and they were hooked. They got to try out the whips and that was the end of them, I think we sat there for over an hour with the kids watching and having turns. We eventually decided to buy them one. It only took them a day or two of practicing and they can crack it continually.
Howards Springs was right near our caravan park so we got all excited, even though we had swam in that many hot springs and natural rock pools lately we still had to go. We got there and we couldn't swim as it had a bacteria in it, not happy as it was so hot. It was back to the caravan park pool.
I made Mitch a ham and cheese croissant for breakfast and he told me that I was on fire. He comes out with the funniest things sometimes!!
The wave pool at the waterfront was another favourite and we ended up staying in there all day.
The boys couldn't visit Darwin without a few visits to the skatepark.
Michael and Robyn went in the cage of death at Crocosaurus Cove. It was great to watch as they got to go in 2 different croc cages and the crocs were both 5m long.
After a relaxing morning swimming in the pool we took Poppy Col to the airport, it was sad to see him go home. We then headed to the movies to watched Hunt For The Wilder People. It was a great movie. Then we went to Fanny Bay Pizza for dinner and did some more food shopping by the time we got home we were all exhausted. We went to bed and we woke up in the middle of the night and Michael said to me I don't think you had your alcoholic drink yesterday. I was devastated and asked him what time it was, I was going to get up and skull a vodka if it was before midnight but it was 3am. I wasn't happy as we are trying to drink everyday for the trip. We are turing into alcoholics but it's been enjoyable. So I had broken the challange and was thinking of throwing the towel in but have come to my senses and am back on the wagon!!!!
The caravan park had a squash court so Michael took the boys down for a game. In the beginning the kids couldn't hit the ball at all but by the end of the hour they were having great rally's together.
We decided to stay in Darwin for another night so that we could watch the State of Origin and had a great night even though we lost.
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