Bruce and Julies

A nice quiet site surrounded by bush

After 4 weeks at Darwin River we decided to move back to Bruce and Julie's property at Noonamah, a bit closer to Darwin and easier to drive to doctor appointments and catch up with other friends before leaving Darwin. We had planned to stay for a week maybe two but as the leg needed attention we stayed another 4 weeks.
This also gave us time to do some extra day trips, one was to Gunn Point and another a cruise on the Corroboree Billabong, both have separate posts.

One of the Whistling Kites which Norm would feed.

Unfortunately I had quite a large cancer cut out of my lower leg and the cut became infected - luckily the infection was picked up early and antibiotics prescribed. Seemed to take forever to heal and we were visiting our Doctor more than doing anything else in Darwin!

Looks good here after the op, then broke some stitches and got an infection.

Had another catch up with Karen, Con and Richard at the Mindil Markets and visited the iconic Humpty Doo Pub for lunch (a must if visiting Darwin).

Richard forced me to get some vanilla slices from the "Naughty Corner" at Mindil Markets, yummy!!

With having extra time in Darwin I decided to have a GVM upgrade fitted to the Toyota, Initially we arranged for this to be done at TJM and booked in for a day. After getting Helen out of bed early one morning with the promise of a breakfast we dropped off the car and headed into Darwin having a nice breakfast near where Helen use to work. Just as we finished we received a call from TJM to let us know that they didn't have the required parts.  I was not happy as we had booked this in 4 weeks prior and I had rung during this time to check they had the parts and was reassured they where in stock.  Needless to say I cancelled the work and picked up our car.  I then called into L&S Suspension who gave me good customer service and explained the different options which they could do within 2 weeks. As we had to stay for my doctor appointments I booked it in and had GVM upgrade done.

Found another lump on my wrist where doctor had previously cut cancer out, so had to have another procedure.  Leg had not healed properly so delayed our leaving Darwin until the all clear was given.

Meanwhile we went to the Speedway again and attended the Shannons Rockabilly Classic Car Show at the Noonamah Pub.

Always a good night at Hidden Valley Speedway

Rockabilly Classic Car Show, was entertained by Little Billy band in the beer garden of the Noonamah Pub

Rockabilly Classic Car Show

Rockabilly Classic Car Show

Before leaving Darwin we took Jenny and Frank to lunch at the Palmerston Tavern.  After our final visit to the doctors we were given the OK to leave with instructions to have the stitches out in a weeks time.  Did enjoy our time in the Territory (even though most of the time we were visiting doctors!).  After nearly 5 months in Darwin we are ready to move on and experience new adventures.