Day 28 - Darwin - Saturday 26th August 2017

 Today was a pretty chilled, slow pace day. Again my sister Maggie came to visit - this after Sue and I had been for a swim in the pool. Then it was time for Maggie and I to visit the Darwin Aviation Museum just a short walk away from the caravan park. My long held interest in aircraft was able to be satisfied with a great variety of aircraft on display. Meanwhile Sue was busy preparing for a barbecue we had planned for that evening. Lunch of toasted sandwiches was followed by much conversing about family matters before the aforementioned barbecue dinner to end another pleasant day.

Day 27 - Corroboree Creek to Darwin - Friday 25th August 2017

 A short drive of around 90 km saw us arrive in Darwin in the morning. One of our first stops was at a medical centre so that I might see a doctor regarding an infected cut on my leg - this I did and I was prescribed a topical antibiotic cream along with oral antibiotics to take if needed. Then after a quick bit of grocery shopping we headed to the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Here we enjoyed seeing an excellent exhibition of indigenous art from the Papunya settlement - predominantly dot painting. Following this we took a quick look at Darwin Harbour before heading to our campground - the Discovery Park near Darwin Airport. My sister Maggie then came to pay us a visit (she lives in Darwin) and we had a long catch-up before heading out to a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner that evening.

Day 26 - Kakadu to Corroboree Tavern - Thursday 24th August 2017

 We left Kakadu (Jabiru) this morning and drove the 164 km to our next destination which was the caravan park attached to the Corroboree Tavern on the Arnhem Highway. Once there we took it easy relaxing by reading until we were to be collected for a cruise on Corroboree Billabong at 4.30 p.m. The time arrived and we were collected by a lady named Chrissy in a minibus who then drove use the 18km  of made road and 10 km of unmade road to get to the jetty at the billabong. Without ado we set out on the Sunset Wetlands Cruise which proved to be a wonderful experience. The sheer abundance of birdlife made it worthwhile on it's own - we saw night herons, whistling ducks, darters, jabirus, white bellied sea eagles jacanas and many more as well as many, mostly saltwater, crocodiles and one freshwater croc. After witnessing sunset at the billabong we returned to the tavern where we scoffed some fish and chips sourced from the tavern rather than cook dinner ourselves.