Tattoo, poles & moving on

A few updates are required at this point to keep you in the loop.

• Kakadu Tattoo - how is it and will I live? Yes, it does seem like I'll be ok but the local doctors needed a lesson on understanding your surroundings even if you're only here for a rotation. I did most of the research on my
  
  own to determine what I had and how long it would take to heal. So another visit to the doc and another round of cortisone pills with a stronger cortisone cream and I'm on my way. It is a chemical burn so a longer healing time than just a rash. The indigenous kids get themselves in trouble by using this sap from the caustic tree to give themselves tattoos but it takes a couple days to come up so if they reapply, then they can need skin grafts to repair the damage. Luckily mine was only one application! 
• Camper pole- still waiting! Turns out it never left Perth for some reason so I pitched a fit and maybe threw in some good old fashion female hysterics (thanks Mum) and we have it redirected to Kununurra so at least we can get moving on our way. 
• Albert's periodic physical- like every good health care routine, prevention is
  
  the best cure, so Albert the Grinch had his tyres rotated in Katherine and got a full service in Kununurra. He even got his squeaky tray tightened for another round of corrugation. There was also a charity car wash in town so he got a full wash. I don't think those kids knew what hit them when we drove in! 

As for travels, we stayed a couple nights in Kununurra with errands and then went for a couple nights to Lake Argyll where the water is big and blue! The lake was made when the Ord River was dammed to create a body of water 8x the size of Sydney Harbour.

Thanks go to Sever at Kimberley Motors who looked after Albert and let us use his address to deliver our elusive camper pole.

Next up? Bring on the Gibbie! Time to find out what all the fuss is about with the Gibb River Road. We've got a month to get to Broome where we'll take a holiday from our holiday with a trip back to the States for my birthday to visit the fam!