Another day in Darwin

Tuesday was an important day for the solar car team as the car had to undergo static scrutineering and the team needed to register – see more about that here. Our team was the first to undergo scrutineering and so we had another early morning. For mom, dad and I things were a bit boring after the first hour. We weren’t able to be on the floor where the scutineering was taking place - we were upstairs on the balcony looking down. Dad wandered off outside to go and do some birding, but for the most part I stayed in the comfort of the airconned building. We eventually managed to get a vehicle to go home to get lunch organized for the team, and then back to the showgrounds to wait around some more before, finally, being given the nod to leave for the day. Dad and I dropped mom at home for a snooze and we hit the shops! Specifically dad was wanting a bird book, and we wanted to pay park fees for a visit to Kakadu National Park. We did a walk through some other little shops and I found some lovely items for presents which I gleefully bought!

Back home we were once again cooking for supper. We were just about done when we got a message on the WhatsApp group – drinks on the beach! 30-minutes later the supper was ready and the team in two cars still hadn’t decided on a place for drinks. Sigh! But finally Nic sent through a map and off we went. We ended up having drinks at an awesome fish and chips shop, and we ate supper there too. It worked out very well for us as we planned on heading to Kakadu on Wednesday and returning on Thursday so the team would be able to have Tuesday’s supper on Wednesday, score! After supper we returned home to pack for our night away at Kakadu National Park – looking forward to some good birding!