After an early morning swim in a crystal clear pool (all to ourselves), an egg and bacon breakfast we said goodbye to our neighbours only to discover they have a travelling companion “Ted”. We eagerly introduced Ted to Max and Hudson and much hilarity ensured as they exchanged travel adventures. Ted was a bit older than our 2 fur kids and was a bit of a 'thread' bear, but he had obviously led a very full life. A group photo, and we were on our way. Halfway up the hill Webmaster (Michael) called out we had coverage so we pulled over to call up Isuzu in Darwin to see if our messages had got through re the 10,000 km service for Dmax, turns out they had no info at all, not even our original booking for the previous Monday – country town huh? Told Michael we were all sorted and pulling out again, when there was a voice on the radio “Is that you Trish?” It was our good friends Tom and Vicky and they were only up the road from us, so we all called in to Buley Hole and caught up news/travel etc whilst cooling off in the beautiful pools. I need more adjectives for these water holes. Then decided to convoy together to Batchelor, where we had a picnic lunch and lots more nattering. Vicky showed me around their Hilton Hotel – WOW, very flash I must say. We parted company, they were meeting up with friends in Katherine and we were rejoining Trev and Rachel and Helen and Richard in Darwin. We arrived and got ourselves set up in Howard Springs Caravan Park. We decided we would demount our Hu (hump on the Ute) for the first time. We entertained Richard and Helen, who discretely watched our bumbling around. Eventually got Hu high enough and Dmax low enough to separate the 2. It might be fun remounting Hu as the grass is quite uneven and puts the tray at all sorts of angles as you drive over them. Found we were camped beside another couple that Malcolm had met 2 nights go. He had introduced himself to them as they had Mandurah number plates, but turned out to be from Booragoon.
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