Well that's us back in the UK, we're waiting at Heathrow Airport for our flight to Edinburgh, and we should be home by mid-afternoon. I am feeling a bit apprehensive about seeing our extension completed; when I left home four weeks ago the kitchen and utility room were about to be installed and they should be finished by now. I'm also nervous about seeing the new front windows which will also be installed by now; I hope they will be worth the expense of having them changed, especially since it was at my insistence.
Anyway, our last day in Darwin was pleasant. After the excitement of returning to civilisation after our Kakadu Safari and thoroughly enjoying the hotel's air-conditioning we went on Saturday to a tourist attraction called Crocosaurus where we saw the crocodiles being fed (scary) and a snake eating a whole rat (even more scary, James in particular was disgusted). It was a really well run place where the animals seemed to be well treated, except that unfortunate rat. Then we had lunch in a Moorish cafe before deciding to buy a didgeridoo! Jamie, Ally and Davie tried out lots of different ones; it was very interesting because they all sound different and have different pitches. The shop owner recommended us to get a "C" or a "D" pitch. All the didgeridoos are unique because they are hollowed out by termites; after much deliberation James and the boys chose their favourite which had a good sound (allegedly) and a nice design of turtles, and we had it packaged up ready for the journey home. Davie is the only one of us who can get a note out of it so far.
Then it was time to say goodbye to Jamie. He was understandably very cheery as he set off for his further five weeks in Australia. He has got it all well planned and after a few more days in Darwin he is going to set off on the Ghan railway to Adelaide on the first part of his adventure. I am so pleased for him but on the way to the airport I felt as if my heart was breaking. It has been so great being all together for three whole weeks and I will miss that. Our flight from Darwin to Singapore was uneventful and I got quite a lot of sleep between Singapore and London so I am hoping to go to bed at a normal time tonight and get back to normal British hours as quickly as possible.
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