Time to move on and head to the big smoke (actually Darwin quite small as cities go). We arrived just on lunch time but our first stop was a battery shop, the second battery in the trailer had died and the fridge was only running during the day on the solar panels. Battery World solved that problem and just down the road was a large shopping centre so it was HJs for lunch. After lunch it was time to find a caravan park to stay in, the guy at Battery world had suggested one at Lee Point, it turned out to be a fair way out of town towards the eastern side, so we were not keen and when we asked the rate we were even less keen ($55/night). Time to Google, there 2 not too far out of town near the Stuart Hwy which is the way we plan to leave town, one at $42 and the other at $45 both had no vacancies. This was a little concerning, they suggested another one in the same chain as the $45 one about 6kms further out of town. Nice large caravan park with quite a few spots available, again $55/night. Apparently it just for June & July so they can take advantage of all us southerners seeking a little warmth. We were able to talk them down to $48/night for 5 nights.

It’s taking a little to get use to the noise in a city again, we are about 800 mtrs of the highway but the traffic noise including many trucks is 24/7 then just to disrupt your sleep a little more we are around 6-7 kms from the airport and there is no curfew. Most nights we have about 3-4 large jets taking off and passing over the caravan park. Already we are looking forward to getting back into the bush to the peace and quiet.