Before leaving Adelaide River we had a look through the Rail and Telegraph Museum next door. The guide was a lovely guy but a bit of a pain, wanting to explain every little nail and screw on display, so we extracted ourselves gently but fairly quickly and left him with the next pair of tourists.
We then had a look at the Adelaide River War Cemetery with its beautiful gardens. At the back of the cemetery we were able to get quite close to a Brahman who looked a little scrawny.
About two hours later we arrived at the Big 4 Howard Springs Caravan
Park located approximately 30kms south of Darwin. We were placed on a
corner site (no neighbours) with plenty of room and in a relatively
quiet spot. Most sites were occupied due to the school holidays. The
park was very pleasant, with a distinct tropical feel and two nice
swimming pools.
We had decided some time earlier to fly home from Darwin for a couple of
weeks as a surprise to the family. We had two important birthdays to
celebrate (John's 30th and Will's 18th) plus Ricks' carpal tunnel had
been playing up a lot, so he booked in to have them operated on in
Canberra. We booked our flights home for the 23rd of July and would
return to Darwin on 7th of August. The Big 4 Park was happy to store
our car and van for $10 per day while we were away, and as we were
flying out of Darwin at 6:30am they would collect the vehicles and
reinstate them onto a site for us ready for our return. We were able to
leave our fridge running on gas while we were away, but we made sure
that most of our food was consumed beforehand.
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| The scrawny Brahman |
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| Gateway to the Adelaide River War Cemetery |
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| A big old fig tree outside the Cemetery |
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| Our site at Howard Springs |
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