Day 30. Wednesday 17 July 2013.

Today we have decided to be adventurous and spend a couple of hours at the wave pool, Darwin Waterfront.

Morning session starts at 1000 and we are there at 1015. We show our Seniors Cards very proudly and it costs us a whole 3 bucks each for four hours of fun....true grey nomad tight-arse stuff.

The wave pool thing is that the wave action starts on the hour and half-hour. The action lasts for 20 minutes (precisely) and then it rests for 10 minutes after which the action starts all over again. The facilities are great, the water temperature is just right and we have a ball gamboling around in the waves like a couple of kids. Just as well no-one knows us here otherwise bad stories might get back. We are even well-organised enough to have brought our lunch with us, so we can utilise the full four hours...which we nearly do. We find that so much 'gamboling' is bloody hard work after a while, so we call it quits after the one o'clock session (that was nearly 1.30 for those of you that haven't been listening.)

Wave Pool at Darwin Waterfront.

We eventually get back to the park and just relax, read a book and recover from the morning's exertions. Happy hour comes and goes, have a bit of a conversation with our new neighbours, Jack and Lyn. The I get to watch State of Origin rugby league and Gerry gets to go to bed early.