26th August
Our caravan has been parked up on the nature strip in front of my brother’s unit block in Darwin for the past couple of weeks while we have had a week in Darwin and then a week in Bali.
After returning from Bali we had another few days in Darwin. The main purpose of which, was to get the fridge in our caravan replaced.
While we were in Kakadu, about 5 days before we arrived in Darwin, our fridge just stopped working. It seemed that the refrigerant gas was leaking. The fridge was pretty full, having stocked up with fresh food and meat only 3 or 4 days earlier in Katherine. All the meat in our freezer defrosted and the food in the fridge was getting hot. Luckily, we have the car fridge, so were able to cram everything in there to get us through till we arrived in Darwin.
When we rang the caravan repair place, and called in a few days later, they confirmed that the condenser was broken and the gas had leaked out, so we could get a brand new fridge fitted under warranty – but would take 10 days for the fridge to arrive.
Lucky timing because we had already planned to hang around that long with our Darwin and Bali time. This is probably the only time in our 6 months that we will be in a major town for this length of time.
Anyway, the fridge is in and seems to be working well. We have used this time to stock up on necessities while we have “real” shops, as well as one last Darwin sunset at Mindal Beach markets and another visit to the kids’ favourite waterslides.
We loved Darwin and spending time with family, and had a wonderful, relaxing week in Bali, but it’s time to be on the road again. We are looking forward to the 4 of us being back in the caravan and to the next leg of trip. From here we will head south to Katherine, via Litchfield National Park, then westward toward the N.T/W.A border.
The Travelling Dixons 