Michael
Today, we start week 8 of our travels and head for Timber Creek on the Victoria Highway. We had hitched up the night before, so are on the road by 7:30am.
It is not a long drive today, as we are meeting up with friends of Tony – Neil & Paula Wood. They have had a similar make of van for over 2 years.
We arrive and set up under large trees and then get together with Neil and Paula to cover the travelling and warranty issues both us and Tony have had with the vans. Tony is also having 
discussions with the van’s sales team re warranty matters for us both. Time disappears quickly as we sit in the camp kitchen. Paula introduces Dot to a little 77 year old lady who is travelling around the countryside on a push-bike with a small trailer for her tent and equipment……she is absolutely amazing to be undertaking this in the heat of high 30s.
The afternoon disappears quickly, and Tony takes Jen up to the reception for an afternoon coffee and cake at around 3:25pm [his watch on WA time], only to be told it is 4:55pm [NT Central time]. Jen immediately requests her dinner for 5:00pm.
At 5:00pm in the park, they have two events for the campers , feeding for a number of crocodiles – “freshies”, followed by feeding the circling kites – up to 1o kites…..meat thrown into the air and caught on the wing.
Paula offers Dot a Sauvignon Blanc for a pre-dinner drink, whilst Neil and I have a cooling beer. The pre dinner drinks stretches on, and when Tony emerges from his dinner and putting Jen to bed, he requests a Number 3 haircut as he has become quite shaggy. I oblige and then it is his turn to shear me.
Neil and Paula are great company and with the shift to Central Time Dinner is very late and is ice cream and fruit for Dot, whilst a sandwich for Michael.
We both have one of our best uninterrupted sleeps for a long time.
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