Get up this morning as we are to leave Darwin this morning and head off the Kakadu National Park. This morning breakfast is included at the hotel and I take great advantage of it. Meet up with a few other early morning birds, Jeremy, Danielle, Karissa and Carin are at breakfast. Breakfast is a hot food of a buffet with lots of eggs, bacon, toast and sausages, so quite filling and satisfying. Still have some time before the bus after bike and go onto the hotel’s internet cafe and check some emails.

Then back to room to brush teeth and pack up the bag and take it to the Contiki coach. We do a little drive about of the city of Darwin and take in some of the fancy homes near the water front of the city. As well we go to a lookout area of the Ocean and can see the skyline of Darwin in the distance. Water you can go boating in but no swimming as there are lots of jellyfish and crocodiles in there. Here we do a few group photos of us around the water as one can forget to do these types of photos.

Anyways it is back on the bus for a lengthy drive of a few hours to the next stop. As we drive about in the Outback one can see many trees and bush and many sources of water in the immediate area, quite neat. After a few hours we make a lunch stop at a remote station, here some of us eat food we have us are the prices in road side stops are quite expensive here you can spend $10 for a bottle of soda and chips. It is peanut butter and banana sandwichs for lunch today, good way to save a few bucks. After lunch in the same place we visit a few animals, the people who run this station have a pet crocodile on site. The croc’s name is Brutus and we get to watch him eat a whole chicken. As well there are some turtles and a reptiles here as well, good place to catch some photos and not to stick fingers into the cage.

This evening we have a small group get together called a small punch night. With the tour manager and driver, we head down for Exciting World Travels can say. They tell us that the punch is high in alcohol but from tasting it, it is very mellow and I would say alcohol free. However many people in the group for some reason are getting all hammered on it. There are also many snacks available and are quite yummy. Our tour manager shows up this kettle they have, as some manager from Contiki, who has been on a trip made them take it so they can serve us Tea every morning. This is quite silly and he tells us to make fun of the kettle and take photos of it for duration of the tour.

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