Well I totally forgot to blog the last planning dinner - which was a shame because it was very productive. We have a rough plan for what we want to do and see in Litchfield NP, Darwin, Kakadu and Katherine.

But the biggest news since my last blog is that we sold our old camper trailer and have bought a 2009 Jayco Outback Swan. It all happened a bit fast but it had what we wanted at a really great price so we picked the kids up from school on the Wednesday afternoon and drove to Lithgow to pick it up and spent a couple of hours with the lovely couple we were buying it from. They took us through how everything works and helped us hook it up and off we went (after a bribery pitstop at the golden arches).

The kids have had a couple of sleepovers in the driveway, Sam was apparently a pain in the but wanting to sample all of the beds and eventually settling with Paul. I had to forgo the first sleepover because I was at work, the second one I didn't have that excuse but I couldn't bring myself to sleep in a camper trailer knowing my comfy king size bed was only a few feet away!

We are really looking forward to going away over the October long weekend to give it a real test. It is surprisingly easy to put up and everyone will have a job - goal is to have it set up in 10 minutes or less.

Next planning dinner is to talk about Katherine to Broome on Aug 14th at our place. Maree came up with the idea of sampling easy meals we can cook while we are away. I am thinking Risotto.......