I left home mid afternoon on the 23rd of December en route to
Jabiru to spend Xmas with Steve , Anja, and
young Phillip, I stopped at
Noonamah to top up the fuel tanks, grabbed an Iced Coffee and headed off along the Arnhem Hwy toward
Jabiru with intentions of
camping out for the night and then arrive at Steve's in the morning, I stopped at the Windows on the Wetlands just to snap a couple of photo's for Crazy Dog because he missed it when he was up here. Around 7:30 pm I stopped at a truck
parking bay for a bite to eat and a coffee, I should have made that the overnight stop but decided to go a little further so I'd only have around 60Klm to do in the morning, I found a bay and in I went, it was just starting to drizzle rain with a lot of lightning further East , I thought now would be a good time for a shower using the great system I have in the Troopy which is an 80 Ltr
water tank with a 12 pump mounted on the right side with an outlet and tap fixed to the bed end, So off the clothes, turned on the pump and next thing I was attacked by all the Mozzies within I reckon a 5Klm radius , I shone the torch into the car and it was like a cloud in there , hurriedly finished the cut short shower , then out with the Mortien and sprayed them, Thinking this is not going to be the ideal
camp spot I decided to head straight into
Jabiru, gave Steve a call when in phone range and he dragged himself out of bed , put all the Chrissy lights on and had the can of Mid Strength on the table before I could scratch the mozzie bites, Next day , 24th I thought...and Steve thought we were going fishing.....WRONG, Anja had already made plans that we would be going on a 6K round trip walk to
Gubara Pools,
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so that's exactly what we all did, 5 adults and 3 kids, in the rain but it was
well worth the walk , what wonderful scenery it is in the wet season and the Monsoonal Forest is just beautiful,
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Xmas day was reasonably quiet with Steve and Mal and myself battling for poll position at
Bathurst's Mt Panorama on Phillips Xmas present being a Play Station, I think it Steve who got our Lap record between the Beers ,
Young Phillip also got a little 50cc Motor Bike, was great to see Father, Mother and Son having fun with that.
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They then served up a very tasty Xmas lunch, then more laps at
Bathurst between the beers, Checked out the OKA No 2 Steve just acquired from
Cairns then it was Nanny Nap time ,
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In the evening Steve had a couple of locals visit for the Evening meal of fruits, Prawns, Ham, ...... and more BEER, next day it was time to head back home with great memories of Xmas 2008, Once again Steve and Anja's hospitality shone with brilliance like the
Kakadu Sun....Thanks Steve and Anja ,
.