Mackenzie: Today we drove into Darwin and went to a caravan park, when we set up the caravan, mum went to the supermarket and we came back to the van for lunch, we made nachos. Mum and dad went to the office and me and Fletcher played. When they came back we went to the pool and we played tiggy, for dinner we had chicken.
Fletcher: today we went shopping, it took ages for mum to come back from coles. We went back to the van and had nachos, then we went to the pool, it was warm. Then we had dinner which we made southern fried chicken.
We packed up this morning from Berry Springs quite early and headed into Oasis Caravan Park which is closer to Darwin. We were guided onto our site by the owner Gary, who was funny and up for a chat, he was from Mildura so he and Dan compared notes. We had one of those moments today where we got the van on site 1st shot and jockey wheel down, unhooked, drove the car to the back of the van and then went, nope that's not level by any means, well similar words!! As we were staying for a few days, back the car came and we got some blocks to get it level, Gary has plenty of concrete pavers for this reason so all was good. Chatting with the bloke next door later he tells us his story - exactly the same thing, he didn't feel so bad when we said we did the same thing a few hours earlier, we luckily didn't have much of an audience, he had all the grey nomad happy hour watching him. We went into the local supermarket and got some fresh bits and pieces, looking at Fletcher's diary I was obviously a long time?! This was the 1st time I went anywhere on my own.........hmmmm so maybe I was gone a long time! It was only Coles but still nice for a few minutes to myself. Back to the van to organise lunch and when we drove back in we were really happy with the park, our site and pleased we moved in closer to town. There is green bull ants on the tree between our sites but so far they haven't bothered us, might have something to do with the 7 year old next door eating them, yep she says you can eat them and they are sweet, so I have been in a cave this year, that's my big move, I have no intention of eating bull ants, she did offer me though, even offered to catch it for me, she really does eat them constantly, I'm hoping they are safe. We have a concrete pad here under the annex so Dan is feeling very comfortable without all the sand and dirt. The kids got the lego out and played outside on the green mats for a while until we had packed away shopping and lunch and went to the pool. There was a sign up for a doggy sitter so we thought we would go introduce ourselves and try book Bentley in for an afternoon, Julie was just starting up and had only put up the signs a few days earlier so Bentley would be her 1st client. She was lovely, studying so she is stuck at her van all day so thought she may as well make some money and it would force her to take breaks from study to walk & play with the dogs. We went over to the pool for a long time, it is great, with a little side section with spa jets. Julie was there and we met her husband Graham who is an electrician working at the new jail being built, they had decided to pack up and hit the road and this job came up straight away so it is working out really well for them, they are such a lovely couple and I'm feeling really good about Bentley spending time with her tomorrow. By now it was almost dark and we had to head back and make tea. Crumbed chicken and vegies, as usual my kids only say southern fried chicken to make me out to not be able to cook. The owners have hundreds of movies at the office they get in Bali each year so we borrowed some of them to watch, I got a few chick flicks and Dan got some horror suspense ones. He watched one of his tonight and loved it. I am up to my ears in magazines that I have swapped at the laundry here so I am reading all the gossip.
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