I am awake at 4am, I beat my alarm. Today we are leaving the Kimberley Coastal Camp. But before we do, we fish! We pack our bags and head out to the main camp area. A coffee and a small amount of time and we are walking out to the point to reach the dinghy. The tide is way out and the easiest way to get to it is along the rocky point. Tubs kills a brown snake, two snakes I have seen in the wild now.

We head in more towards the rivers and the mangroves. We are looking for a Baramundi none of us care if we catch a fish we just want to have one last experience. The new comers Sam & Phil head off with Tubs for the day, Joanne, Rowan and I head out with Joel. We don’t get far when we get told that we have the other groups breakfast wraps. Turns out we ate one of theirs as Joanne misunderstood and thought the watermelon was for all of us not just her breakfast. Luckily she did eat one because she would have gotten hungry with only watermelon. So we gave them back a wrap with a bite in it and Joel’s breakfast wrap also half eaten, along with all of the watermelon.

We all had a lot of fun even though we didn’t get close to catching a fish. The incoming tide along with winds really stirred up the water and it is really muddy. The croc spotting is superb. One after another, the smallest Rowan spots is only a foot and a half. At 9 we head back, the ride is incredibly fun. We are getting splashed and swaying all over the place. Time for a quick shower to remove the sea salt. Now we just wait for our helicopter to arrive. The lovely Jacob has come to pick us up again. I think wow he has remembered my name, before realising that he has my name in his manifesto, doh. Rowan rides shotgun this time, I am in the back with Joanne.

I captured more on the action cam being careful not to let it fall out of my hands to its death haha. The action camera hasn’t been used much, the battery is stuffed which I didn’t realise. So it dies really fast.

Jacob tells us the group arriving to KCC are overloaded and haven’t stuck to the 10kg rule so he will have to go get more fuel before getting Sue & Jan. They also booked a scenic flight over Mitchell Falls. We waited well over an hour for the other two to arrive. In our waiting our pilot arrived in this tiny plane. Even smaller than the one we can in on. Gee Jan is going to hate this flight haha. Our pilot is Juliet from Auckland. We get chatting away and she said she couldn’t find work in NZ after training and has been here nearly 2 years. she sets up some chairs and makes up very comfortable. We talk to the pilot of the new group and they are on a two week excursion. They have hired two pilots for it for a mere $200k. There is about 8 guests so not a cheap holiday!

I ride shot gun! Just don’t expect me to drive this thing Juliet!

We arrive in Kununurra after lunch. I am feeling pretty hungry now, we all are. We get dropped off to the big plane terminal. Unfortunately the cafe operator is not there. We can see sandwiches and food but we can’t eat it. I considered taking some out of the cabinet and leaving some cash. We won’t be in Darwin for a few hours and dinner will be likely 7pm. We are at that annoying timing of we can’t leave the airport to get food. Hungry it is. Rowan and I are handling it well. The last year has taught me to chill in situations when I am not the happiest. Joanne however gets hangry haha.

We asked for window seats and end up in business class. You don’t ask, you don’t get. I am happy sitting up there with more room than normal. This isn’t a big business class just the small upgrade you get. The view out the window is fantastic. I am a bit tired luckily this is our last flight today.

We decided not to get a rental car as we are only in Darwin 5min. But we do have half the day tomorrow and decide it is a good idea. As we ask how much a taxi is and find out car prices Joanne loses it. Next time we travel I shall bring nuts for hangry emergencies. Rowan tells her to go over there and count to 10 like you would to a toddler. For an extra $30 we can have our own car. Much better than a taxi.

We get out to our stay which is out of the city in Palmerston. We are in a quest hotel. Joanne goes to check in and work out where the car goes. I can see she is getting upset as she can’t find anyone. I go in and ring the bell, someone comes out straight away. After she checked us in. We go to park the car and bring up the bags. We just dump ourselves and go down to eat dinner. Quick thinking Rowan orders bruschetta to share as soon as we order drinks. This gave us time to work out our meals. After dinner we go back our room. It doesn’t take long and I am out. Tonight Rowan has the pull out sofa and Joanne and I are in the main bed.

A new day, we don’t dilly dally. Off for breakfast in a really cool cafe. From there we went to anaconda to get Rowan’s jandals replaced. The guy felt so bad for him they let him pick any pair of crocs he wants. So he ended up with the top of the line and went for covered in shoes. From there we went out to East Point. It is a beautiful spot away from the city. I noticed the lovely crapes I couldn’t fit into my belly at the markets. So we go there for a spot of goodness.

It was time to head to airport and get on the plane. Now we have to transit in Brisbane before heading to Sydney. We go on different planes from Brisbane as we wanted to save a few hundred dollars. We were in Brisbane a few hours. I got into the Qantas lounge with Joanne and Rowan later outside like a hobo. By the time we got back to Sydney we were tired.