Darwin Rocks!!
Aussie phrases we've heard so far: Have a good flight darl'. G'day mate. No worries. Gimme a ring as I could do with a good yarn.
Well we thought s.e.asia was hot - but not compared to this place. Its humid and hot. We enjoy moving from shop to shop finding the air-con. We're not going to be able to do that tomorrow though as we head out to Kakadu national park for a 3 day camping trip. We get to sleep in a swag bag under the stars - how exciting is that. However ... being under the stars might mean being attacked by bugs, snakes and crocs! Aaaaah!

We've met some really friendly people including Ron the flag-man and his friend Geoff who gave up some of his own time to give us a great tour of of Darwins harbour. It was beautiful and fantastic to see some of the 'local' Darwin. Ron runs a little flag shop in town and met him when we went to find our missing Malaysian flag badge. He was extremely friendly and offered to take Nat to see a local school. Having popped in this morning Nat's been offered a job as a relief teacher - the lovely head offered to rearrange my visa, give me guaranteed 2days a week and would contact another 2 schools on my behalf!! Supposedly relief teachers get paid more than the class teachers. Hmmmm. Pondering. Hmmmm. Thinking. Hmmmm. .......... Becky we may need you to go scrabbling in your loft for that QTS certificate!

Then over coffee Ron offered Jon 3 hours computer work - I was just compiling a list of schools and aboriginal community centers around Darwin. It was a good fun trying to pronounce some of the school names which I couldn't even begin to pronounce let alone spell for you!!!
After work Ron kindly took us to his RSL club for a pint (or shortie) and then dropped us off at the beach night market. What a lovely chap! We are going to his for tea on Sunday. I really hope us Brits are as welcoming as all the Aussies we've met so far.

Night market was cool! We watched an aboriginal artist produce a fantastic picture of a Gecko. You'll see it up on our wall when we get a new house - or maybe on the wall of a campervan!!!
Jon also had a go at whip cracking!! Yeee hah!!!

Got to go as its a 6:30 start tomorrow on our Kakadu adventure! Thats a bit early for us these days you know! Tada for now :-)