Katherine to Bridge Creek - 171 km

After four lazy days at the Riverside Caravan Park in Katherine and enjoying the luxury of air conditioning, I have now moved further North on the way to Darwin, stopping for the night at      Bridge Creek rest stop.   There is a nice mild breeze which makes it very pleasant sitting outside, but it is still hot inside the van so I think I will be sleeping with the fan on.   Early in my travels I bought a cheap little fan for $10 which plugs into the USB port of my laptop.  It runs all night without flattening the battery and it has come in very handy on the hot nights.

 Tomorrow I will make my way into Darwin and, with a bit of luck, find another reasonably priced caravan park to stay for a few days while I have a look around.  I will make the most of it while I can, because it will be back to free camping once I leave Darwin and start heading South.

I’ve been thinking of my dear old mum today.  She would have been celebrating her 99^th birthday if she were alive.   She passed away a few years ago but, sadly, I lost the mum I knew and loved to Alzheimers nearly twenty years ago – such a cruel disease.   

I was chatting with another solo granny recently who had been traveling with her father until he died earlier this year, and it made me think how much I would love to have had my mum travel with me.  I am sure she would have enjoyed this life.  

I have just been chatting with a couple who, until a couple of years ago, lived around the corner from me but now live in country Victoria.  I have found the saying "it is a small world" to be so true many times over on this trip.  I have met so many people who live in my area.  The couple I was just chatting to have been to Darwin and are on there way South again, so they gave me all their maps and brochures on Darwin.