Mackenzie: Today when we got up Fletcher, mum and dad went to get a crepe because a man was making them. We went down the market and had I had breakfast. We went back to the caravan park and we went to the pool and we played with our next door neighbours at the caravan park. Then we went to the market, me and mum got clothes.
We woke up early today and the kids slept in really late, they had played and watched shows until really late, having no TV is kind of great but when we get the chance to watch things we over indulge and stay up late. Dan headed to the camp kitchen as another traveller has a full cafe coffee machine, he owned a cafe for 6 years and obviously decided he couldn't part with it so has bought it on the road with him and makes some pocket money as he goes, every Sunday in the camp kitchen you take your own mug and you get a yum coffee. Also on a Sunday there is the 2 French boys who make crepes. They are living in a tent and chefs in Darwin and they are only just getting the hang of our language. So the best crepes, good looking boys, yep they are half my age, and was worth the $3 to hear them say lemon, chocolate, caramel & difficult, even Mackenzie was weak at the knees, saying oh mum I love the way they talk. So a yummy crepe with ice cream for breakfast, that's ok isn't it? The kids had cup of soups for breakfast a couple of times while we have been away so surely crepes & ice cream is more suitable. We then headed to......yep another market. Darwin is the place for markets and most of them have the same stall holders but the stalls are great and the food is amazing, it has such a wide variety, cheap and fresh. When loaves of bread have cost nearly $6 in places it is great to get such affordable take away and the atmospheres at these markets are so good, I love markets anyway but when the kids willingly come in to a market with me and Dan willingly drives there you know they are enjoyable. We had a bit of a drive around before heading back to the van. We went in the pool, which was freezing. After Thursdays rain the humidity has gone so its not as hot and the pool has slowly over the last few days become colder. The kids made a friend in the pool so I said we could stay a bit longer.....big mistake, 5 minutes later I flick at my arm as I think I have a mozzie on my arm, it didn't move so I look down to see a spider the size of a 50 cent piece, within seconds it had crawled across my chest and then I couldn't feel it. Julie our lovely dog sitter was trying to stay calm but saying its on your cheek dive under water. I have no fear of spiders at all but I have to say I was petrified and will probably have nightmares about that stupid thing on my face, after a lot of flicking I got it off and Dan tried to get it out of the pool, which proved to be another problem. We all decided it was time to get out and I wish I had done 5 minutes earlier! We went back to the van to get dried and ready for the market. No Dogs at any of the markets in Darwin so we have to do the market separately, well Mack & I do all the stalls, Fletch & Dan do the food aisle, which stretches the length of the market both sides of the path. We got a few bits and pieces and had been told by a friend to try the chicken laksa, oh wow it was amazing, it didn't look like it was very big but boy it was filling, this goes down so far as my best meal on this holiday. When Mack & I got back to the van the boys had had a food mishap that saw Dan spilling a tub of sweet sauce over the drivers side of the car and while he tried to clean it Fletcher held Daniels meal and Fletcher spilled Beef "something" all over the passenger side and into my hat and all over the contents of my handbag. When us Powers do something we do it good!!! The car stunk like a Chinese restaurant kitchen and no amount of cleaning was going to get the carrot sticks that were used as garnish out of the crevices between the seat and console. All was forgiven very quickly after I saw the photos Dan had got on his phone of the most amazing sunset on the beach. I remember being amazed at how beautiful the sunset was when we were here last and the amount of people who go down and sit on the beach is crazy. We went down to Stokes Hill Wharf and around the city for a look around. The moon over the water and over the city line was amazing, it made the front page of the newspaper the next day, it is what they call a supermoon with it getting closest to the earth, so its biggest next month or the photo on the paper is also called the Ponzo effect - the illusion that makes the moon seem bigger on the horizon than when its high in the sky. What a way to finish a day of markets for me and food for Dan.
It felt like if you reached out you could touch it
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