With the recent transition from WA time to Central time, we have noticed a dramatic change from the start of day to end of day. In WA time we were experiencing sunrise and the bird chorus at between 5:00am and 5:20am and sunset at around 5:20pm. Now that we are on NT – Central time sunrise is around 6:40am and sunset is not till around 7:00pm. Somewhat weird for the body clock to adjust to.
Another bright morning with the expectation of being a hot day. Dot and I are both fed, hooked up and ready to go early. Tony on the other hand is still in a fog, having not come out of a heavy sleep, as a result of his mistake in taking one of Jen’s nightly tablets last night. He is still cheeky enough to remind me to turn right and not left when we hit the highway, following my actions of yesterday.
We are on the road around 8:00am encountering a little more traffic than in the past, most of it using the 130 speed limit to zoom past us.
We pull into Adelaide River for a leg stretch and usual cappuccino for Tony.
it is 5 years since we have been to Darwin and there has been a very noticeable expansion of the suburbs before Palmerston. We arrive at Tony & Jen’s son and daughter-in-law’s, Brett and Phuong, home on 2 acres to work out whether we can get the vans past the trees onto the property, Time to get the chainsaw out and with a bit of pruning we have the vans on site and setup with shade awnings in place.
Tony and Jen’s young grand children, Damian & Raymond, arrive home after being collected from school by their au pair Claudia (from France). They are into the pool for a swim and all over Tony, when he and Michael joins them.
We catch up with Brett and Phuong on their arrival home from work. Dot has been practising her French with Claudia who comes from Toulouse in France, as we describe our travels to her.
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