Australia 2014: Surprise Creek Falls to Darwin

Day 34 – August 22, 2014 – Surprise Creek Falls to Darwin - distance travelled: 202 kms - 31^oC high; 16^oC low. Happy 12^th birthday Ian! After driving the last part of the Reynolds River track we stopped off just south of Adelaide River at Mt. Bundy Station to see if Jordan would be able to go on a trail ride – as well as maybe Claire & Shannon again. We had been told trail rides are very hard to come by in the Northern Territory and we had had our eye on this place for a while. When we got there it turned out that Mt. Bundy Station is not offering horseback riding anymore at all – something to do with insurance being too expensive – disappointing as their flyers and ads were everywhere advertising trail rides. As we continued on to Darwin, we by fluke spotted the Saddleworld store Claire and Shannon wanted to check out so we stopped there for a while. In outer Darwin we set up camp at the Darwin FreeSpirit Resort close to one of the swimming pools and then went grocery shopping. Ian picked pasta with carbonara sauce for his birthday meal and blueberry cheesecake and caramel peanut brittle ice cream for dessert which we all enjoyed. After supper the girls checked out the pool while Don & Gwen sorted through pictures and worked on the blog.