Ok, so we didn’t head for the bumpy Gibb River Road just yet. While in Kununurra we couldn’t resist dirt cheap flights to Bali and booked a 9 day holiday departing from Darwin. It was a 10 hour drive, 800km back to Darwin but well worth catching up with friends when we arrived. Ed & Jodie that we had met at the Roper River were now living in Darwin and we were very lucky to stay with them before flying out. It was also great to catch up with Leigh and Katrina and the kids!
Ed & Jodie kindly offered to babysit the dogs and the camper trailer, although it was extremely hard to leave them. It would be the longest time we have left the dogs but they were in very good hands... too good in fact. When we returned home they had been spoilt rotten, put on heaps of weight and eating 4 times as much. Good on ya Ed!
Bali is another story... it was the first time both of us had been overseas, we were excited and looking forward to some luxury. An eye opener to say the least... the details will have to wait for another blog, we’ll be here all week! An enjoyable break, interesting but one we’re not in a hurry to do again and vomiting publicly through their airport we made a quick escape home!
We ended up spending another week in Darwin. I was still ill and had passed the bug onto Ben and it sure wouldn’t have been fun getting sick in the camper. We got a new exhaust, new tires and stuck around to help Ed & Jodie move into their new house. We were very lucky to have their hospitality and look forward to them visiting us one day. Thanks for putting up with us guys!!
For now though, there’s nothing like back-tracking. It was on the road again, an overnight stop near Timber Creek, back across the border for inspection and on to Kununurra where it was great to catch up with Tony and Shannon for an overnighter. Ben worked for Tony & Shannon while we were in Kununurra and we had to get out of there before we were convinced to stay!
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