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Published: August 28th 2007
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Current Mood: Cant wait until this is my life for four months of the West Coast.
Right then… After getting back home from Dropping Hilke to the airport our original plans of heading off straight away turned out to be different as per usual!! We both crashed out at home and didn’t get up until 11!! Well I didn’t anyway!! I got up to find Brett had been a busy bee running around the house (with his feather duster hahaha kidding) Packing up the essentials for a trip to Daly Waters to see a mate of his!! Man its going to be a long drive!!
So out to the Van we got and shot down to Mackie’s for some Hangover Breakfast before heading to Bunnings to pick up hooks for our newly bough Hammocks!! The plan is sleep on these bad boys tonight hahaha I cannee wait!!
Now ready we were on our way but already I could see things were going to change as far as the plans would go!! My guts were in agony and we needed to stop for a toilet break hahaha so we hit Florence falls for a swim to!
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Litchfield I leeged it to the loo leaving bretta looking at maps sussing out a trip for a few days!! Daly waters was looking a little bit far. So on my return we decided to hit the rock hole.. (checking out the Backpackers on route) to have a swim out to the waterfall. This was going to be fun…. I had my new water proof camera in action!
So into the pool we get and out we go but shit it was colder than before I seem to remember! Anyhoooo we were there and Bretta was psyching up for a big jump from the fall! Up he went and down he came a million times quicker hahaha wicked jump man fair play I avoided it!! So after a swim we got back on the road with plans of making it to Kathryn Gorge before Sunset! Pulling into Adelaide river inn we got some munch and got our selves a piss smelly hitch hiker for the rest of our journey!! Luckily the van when sitting inside is pretty long so we stuffed him in the back and turned the music up with all windows down! Three hours later we were
there… we had dropped the Hitch hiker off and went in search of a camp site with a few trees to hang our beds!!
Well let me tell you something….. a bed is a good thing…. A Hammock is a great thing but give me the bed any night after this experience!! We got into a few beers and some sarnies and feeling the burn sort of crashed out on the Hammocks without a goodnight or anything! Waking a 1am to the sound of Kangaroos jumping around two feet away im freezing and being eaten alive by mozzies!! I poked my head out of the top to see if Brett was having as great a time as me on his but he had gone!! That twat had hid in the Van after I had fell asleep!! Right I though im getting in there too!! So up I got walked over to the van to see his uncomfortable ass shivering in the back with no shirt to his name or a quilt for that matter curled up on the back seats hahaha!! I was now pleased so I got my hoody and jeans out of my bag, got dressed and
crashed on the front seat sleeping like a baby after that!!(yeah right).
After a broken nights kip we were woke by the ranger asking for our camping fees so we payed the guy up and decided that after a swim in the gorge we would either get better sleeping equipment or get the hell home hahaha! Not wanting to hit Darwin for the Break we decided to have a shop in Kathryn where we ended up splashing out on Swags and then shot over to Edyth Falls to another camp site where we spen the entire day and night swimming and getting drunk on our Hammocks in the sun shine with the help of some body stoning herbal markets pill things! They were weird but fun!
So plenty of tooheys in me belly im getting hank marving so up we got to nock up abit of a feed! Now having more beans in my gut than I had room for we dived back into the Hammocks where we drank the rest of the Carton between us and passed out pissed for nearly the entire night in the Hammocks even though having now two beautifully set up Swags!! Im
sure I crawled in to mine at some point!!
Waking to the birds the next morning it was time for us to head back to town!! We had work in a day or two from then so the plan was to get back to see the Darwin Cup and then get back into work on the Tuesday! It turned out we were both broke after the camping trip so we left the Cup alone and chilled out for the day!!
Well guys this story is short and sweet, im prepping my gear for work so I have to go but be aware I only have a few more shifts left in Darwin and plan to be leaving at the end of September so keep an eye open for some new locations and stories im sure you all love reading!!!
Until then have a goodun
Love from the Brummy (remember that Kieran)
Niki
Love you kids xx
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Gina
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Braveness!!
Your so brave doin the hammock thing!!! I would be thinking more spiders!!! then how am i gonna manage that hammock hehe from ur brummie mate Gina :)