We sold up, packed up and decided to embark on the adventure of our lives. Follow us as we travel around Australia in a caravan.

After a much better sleep (we left the air conditioner on all night long), we woke up ready to move on further into Kakadu. It was only another 155 km on from where we were yesterday, so we arrived there early enough to explore the area. The information centre was well prepared for our questions and we realised we needed more than a day to see even a fraction of what is available to the inquisitive tourist.

We made a beeline for the post office to mail some letters home that would be stamped with the Kakadu postmark (how exciting), went into the supermarket to pick up some crackers and that was it! The town of Jabiru.

Ray was in desperate need of a coffee so we stopped into the Crocodile Hotel for a drink. This hotel is shaped like a crocodile, most effective when seen from the air and quite a tourist attraction. Ray insisted on having the real outback experience and turned off the air conditioning and put the windows down in the car as we were driving along. I’m not sure how excessive sweating and dust billowing around in the car makes our presence in the actual Australian Outback any more real than it actually is! We very nearly had our first argument since leaving home until commenting that I might as well walk and add sunburn and heatstroke to the list to really create the REAL authentic Australian Outback experience. The air conditioner went back on pronto!

We made it back to the caravan for a swim and to plan the next couple of days. We were all so relieved to have Internet access again that it made for a quiet night with each of us bent over our iPhones or iPads catching up with the real world.

I also managed to squeeze in a chat with some of the girls from home today. I got a little bit of fashion gossip whilst wearing 3 day old dirty shorts and no makeup or hairstyle to speak of. Looking forward to “being girlie” in Darwin when we arrive and at least buying some new bathers. Retail therapy has never seemed so important as it does right now!