17th July 2013
We are very close now to crossing the border from Northern Territory to Western Australia. We will do this tomorrow minus our fruit and veges as there is stringent border control between the two states. The days have been hot and mild nights which will be the case for a long time to come.
Yesterday was Doms 4th birthday - had a lovely chat with him - being 4 is pretty cool. he had a lovely party and space rocket cake - only sorry we werent there to share it with him.
We had a day out off road without the caravan - went to a homestead which is way out in the boonies - a cattle mustering station which had been preserved from how it was in the 60s. It was seriously affected by major floods in 1977. It again reinforces the incredible isolation and challenges due to being serviced by very rough roads. The landcruiser and caravan are covered in red dust from other camp sites we have gone off road. We rock on into camping grounds and sit amongst the pristine white caravans and cars etc. Stick out like sore thumbs.
A wee story to amuse you. Went to the toilet and in process of flushing and what starts climbing up the inside of the bowl was a cane toad !! OMG- did I get a fright but probably not nearly as unpleasent as it would have been for the toad.
Tried putting up some pics but the link is very weak. will do some next time
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Friday, 12 July 2013
Some pics from the trip to Darwin and Litchfield National Park
pic 1 - the obligatory Mindle Beach sunset and Market at Darwin- wonderful setting and enjoyable relaxed evening on the beach and at th market.
Pic 2 Litchfield National Park - a beautiful natural swimming hole where you could select whichever pool you fancied swimming in including whether you wanted to have a feature waterfall to go with it
Pic 3 had to take this one for Finn - Marsha - make sure Finn sees this pic - he will be a bit tickled by that we think
pic 4 - just to make a change from sunsets and waterfalls - magnetic termite mound in Litchfield Park
pic 5 contrast of burn off on one side of off road and re growth on the other ( Litchfield Park)
pic 6 Wangi Falls- stunning setting including swimming, camping ground ( we didnt stay at the camp as it was full and chose to base ourselves at a different camp and did day trips without have to tow the caravan around each day.
Litchfield National Park
pic 1 - the obligatory Mindle Beach sunset and Market at Darwin- wonderful setting and enjoyable relaxed evening on the beach and at th market.
Pic 2 Litchfield National Park - a beautiful natural swimming hole where you could select whichever pool you fancied swimming in including whether you wanted to have a feature waterfall to go with it
Pic 3 had to take this one for Finn - Marsha - make sure Finn sees this pic - he will be a bit tickled by that we think
pic 4 - just to make a change from sunsets and waterfalls - magnetic termite mound in Litchfield Park
pic 5 contrast of burn off on one side of off road and re growth on the other ( Litchfield Park)
pic 6 Wangi Falls- stunning setting including swimming, camping ground ( we didnt stay at the camp as it was full and chose to base ourselves at a different camp and did day trips without have to tow the caravan around each day.
Thursday, 11 July 2013
11th July 2013
Been a bit tardy on the blog - its busy being a tourist you know !
Sitting outside at 9pm at Katherine and its about 26 degrees ! and actually no real issues with mozzies either.
We have had an excellent experience travelling from Katherine to Darwin ( Darwin didnt disappoint again - it is a lovely setting - just a shame it is so bloody far from everywhere), Litchfield National Park ( spectacular !). we did Kakadu 3 years ago and that was amazing but completely different to Litchfield. we had at least one swim every day in different and beautiful natural pools that have waterfalls as a back drop. Heaps of photos which we will try and upload some soon - just a bit short of data at present.
We are now back in Katherine to do a bit of stocking up etc before we head directly west along the Victorian Highway towards Kunnunara and then Broome - at least a thousand Kms or so !
We have had a wide range of places we have stayed at- of course the caravan parks enable some comforts such as power and running water as well as ability to stock up etc. so there have been some of those but we have also stayed at a couple of different working stations that have diversified for tourism- very hospitable and pleasant settings, freedom camping where you are totally self sufficient but really doing the whole hard yards ( still with the comforts that the caravan provides !).
So at the risk of rubbing it in too much about warm weather etc we have forgotten what its like to have rain and overnight temps of less than 20. We also have to check in what date and day it is - week days run into weekends and feel no different- hasnt taken long to shift out of the working realities. It is incredible how many people are on the road and the number of Victorians outnumber any other Oz states. Have met a few Kiwis but they have actually lived in Oz for some time- no- one yet doing what we are but theyre bound to be out there somewhere !!
So hopefully will get some photos up in next day or so and will touch base en route to Broome.
Been a bit tardy on the blog - its busy being a tourist you know !
Sitting outside at 9pm at Katherine and its about 26 degrees ! and actually no real issues with mozzies either.
We have had an excellent experience travelling from Katherine to Darwin ( Darwin didnt disappoint again - it is a lovely setting - just a shame it is so bloody far from everywhere), Litchfield National Park ( spectacular !). we did Kakadu 3 years ago and that was amazing but completely different to Litchfield. we had at least one swim every day in different and beautiful natural pools that have waterfalls as a back drop. Heaps of photos which we will try and upload some soon - just a bit short of data at present.
We are now back in Katherine to do a bit of stocking up etc before we head directly west along the Victorian Highway towards Kunnunara and then Broome - at least a thousand Kms or so !
We have had a wide range of places we have stayed at- of course the caravan parks enable some comforts such as power and running water as well as ability to stock up etc. so there have been some of those but we have also stayed at a couple of different working stations that have diversified for tourism- very hospitable and pleasant settings, freedom camping where you are totally self sufficient but really doing the whole hard yards ( still with the comforts that the caravan provides !).
So at the risk of rubbing it in too much about warm weather etc we have forgotten what its like to have rain and overnight temps of less than 20. We also have to check in what date and day it is - week days run into weekends and feel no different- hasnt taken long to shift out of the working realities. It is incredible how many people are on the road and the number of Victorians outnumber any other Oz states. Have met a few Kiwis but they have actually lived in Oz for some time- no- one yet doing what we are but theyre bound to be out there somewhere !!
So hopefully will get some photos up in next day or so and will touch base en route to Broome.
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