THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL

The airport in Cairns is 80km from Walkamin Van Park . Dallas – the co-owner of the caravan park – offered to take me to stay in a motel overnight as my flight was to take off at 6am ! I was flying to Darwin for the 50-year gathering of Apex 40 .

I ’ d made an extensive list but had left off the most important – my wallet ! Shock , horror when the receptionist asked for some ID ! Dallas did some phoning and before too long my wallet was brought down by a kindly friend .

The motel was in a residential area with no nearby cafes , so I had to walk a long way to find some food !

The taxi was coming at 4.45am so I didn ’ t sleep much ! It wasn ’ t long before I was landing in Darwin and starting a great week of adventures that included a trip on the Adelaide River to see huge crocodiles jumping out of the water to try to reach the meat dangled down for them .

We had two buses every day to take us to a huge variety of places , including the museum that showed the bombing of Darwin during World War II .

Unfortunately , we had a few Apex 40 members who caught the virus . One couple quarantined in Alice Springs and arrived in Darwin just in time for the farewell breakfast !

After an uneventful flight back to Cairns , I was picked up by my friends Paul and Carol and their little dog , and got home to Walkamin about 10pm .

I ’ d bought two emu garden ornaments before going away so putting them into ‘ my ’ garden was a priority .

I ’ m heading to Innot Hot Springs soon to join in a muster with the ACC Rainforest Ramblers so I ’ ll tell you about that next month .

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