Day 17 - Katherine to Darwin by Bill

This morning we woke up and got ready to drive to Darwin. We saw a little black pig of Toms and a lot of turkeys. We said goodbye to Tom and Annabelle then started driving to the town of Kathrine. When we parked the cars, we saw a tree full of bats.

Because the saddlery shop was closed, we went and had breaky at the Coffee Club shop. Paddy kept trying to get away in his high chair.
After we had breaky we went to the saddlery shop because it was now open. The girls and Dad brought shirts. While Mum was paying for them, Jess and I went back to the Coffee shop and got Dad a coffee. Emily also brought some new runners. We went back to the car and now we are driving to Darwin. We saw two dead buffaloes on the way. We stopped at Adelaide River and got some fuel then walked over to a pub where Charlie the buffalo was. We had lunch there, then we took a photo in front of Charlie the buffalo and a 5 metre crocodile because we are getting in crocodile country now.

Now we are driving again and we just saw a dead hog. We finally arrived in Darwin, well it’s not quite Darwin, it’s a place called Howard Springs. We are at the big4 caravan park and we have a brilliant spot. We set up camp and then we went on the jumping pillow. After that we went in the water park and played around. We decided to go for a walk when it was dark and we went and saw a man who was singing in the caravan park. He wasn’t too good so we went to the pool to have a swim. The pool was very warm but we had to go back because Dad was back from having a beer with his friends. When we got back we talked to our neighbours then went and watched the man sing again but Dad thought it was horrible as well so we went back to the float. We went and had a shower and Dad got in a bit of a fight. Jess, Emily and Dad were looking for a shower and knocked on a door with the lights off,  but there was no answer so they kept knocking. A man came out and he was massive. He had about a 12 pack and was very solid. He started going off at Dad, so Dad did as well. He was saying “f***in zip it or I’ll knock you out” and stuff,  so Dad walked away with a good come back and made sure we were alright. Dad said he takes drugs to get muscles and angry. We walked back to the float when we had had a shower. Now we are going to bed. Goodnight!🛌💤