East Coast Road Tour 2012

Road Train ~ Tyre Change



Darwin Sunset



Darwin Sunset



B52


B52

Tuesday June 15th
Darwin
The day commenced with an early morning cuppa, 4am to be precise. Turned on the soccer for a little bit but watching paint dry would have been more interesting! After breakfast Zeny, Claire and Vicki went to Casuarina for some retail therapy. Alan and Reg had a day looking at A-Frame caravans then off to Aeroplane Heritage Museum where they have an entire B52 Bomber inside the museum. An awesome sight! On leaving the museum Alan and Reg went and did some grocery shopping for the trip south. Tuesday night we all went out for dinner to a local club, a most enjoyable night.

Wednesday June 16th
Darwin
Did nothing much during the day. At 5:30pm we went to see a Darwin sunset with out happy hour nibbles and bottle of wine. Found a nice spot overlooking the Arafura Sea. The sun sets very quickly. You could actually see the big yellow ball of the sun sinking below the horizon in layers of light pink, yellow and red cloud surrounding the sun. Another magnificent sight! Back at Zeny’s and Bill’s we sat down to a BBQ tea. Then an early-ish night for an 8am departure in the morning.

Thursday June 17th
Darwin to Mataranka
An earlier rise than usual since we have been in Darwin. Packed the motor home for travel mode, said our goodbyes to Zeny and Bill and departed at 8am. Morning tea was at Adelaide River. We heard a rattle coming from underneath the motor home. On further investigation we found a guard plate hanging on by one screw, removed guard plate from around a couple of cables and the noise stopped, and continued on our way to Pine Creek for a lunch of delicious wraps and a cuppa. After which we headed to Mataranka, arriving at 3:30pm. The dinner selection when decided was spaghetti and meat sauce , it was a team effort, Reg made the savoury meat sauce , Vicki and Claire boiled the spaghetti and Alan was charged with making the nibbles which was a fine selection of imported cheeses , salamis, pickles and nuts topped off superbly with red wine and Gin and Tonic.
Later in the evening Alan, Vicki and Reg went down for a swim in the thermal springs which was absolutely magnificent looking up through the majestic palms at diamond stars in a crystal sky. An early to bed night for a 7.30 getaway in the morning.