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May 2022 - May 2024
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  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 53

    DARWIN

    July 6, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Darwin, you've been fantastic, from broken steps (lol) to amazing Sunsets, from finding a special rock..to seeing amazing big crocs, from Helicopter flights, to having a Beautiful nights! We've tried to do it all and have had an absolute ball!Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 49

    Lee Point Resort Darwin

    July 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Arrived at Lee Point on Saturday from Kakadu...its an old caravan park with an ensuite, but great spot with heaps of room... We had a slight accident with the caravan step (Glenn ran over vit by accident when manovoeuvering the van around ( oops) .We started our week off with a visit to the night markets at Mindle Beach Markets on Sunday night..it was awsome so many food types .. bought a didgeridoo for the grandies... next day we went to crocodylas Park which was really good as well..Tuesday we went to the Darwin wharf and saw the war /bombing exhibition at pier which was also great. Wednesday we had a girls shopping day which was lovely..Kim, Lee and myself went into Darwin CBD shopping then into casurina plaza ..we then went to the Darwin sail club for tea..(sunset was just beautiful). Thursday Lee went and got her hair cut in the morning..we did a lovely sunset at knightcliff Beach..Friday we headed to the Darwin Museum which was just awsome..def a must see..Kim, Gordon, Glenn and I went to Mexican for tea, I needed a fix lol... then today we have headed to humpty doo for about a week. The weather is sensational...we r loving Darwin...Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 48

    Jabiru/Cahills Crossing

    July 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Got to Jabiru about 9am...weather overcast... left at 9.30 to go to cahills crossing, apparently when the tide turns the crocs come over the road to catch fish!...well true to form the wannagunna Tribe didn't check the tide times and got there at 10..30 am.waited till bloody 1.30 pm for the tide (on bloody ROCKS AGAIN)
    So after waiting in the sun , on a rock, with dust blowing everywhere..we saw one, I repeat 1 croc go over the road...we left very disappointed 😞... went to look at some rock art down the road (apparently the best in NT).. By this time its nearly 2pm..we haven't eaten all day so we r all pretty hungry..apparently it's a small/ easy 700m round loop...(I have those bloody thongs on again)..we get to a spot and guess what the easy track turns to bloody rocks...I deftly turned back and said I'm out see you back at car...(thinking stupidly the Tribe would do the 700 mm loop, but no.. the wannagunnas had to do the lookout... so 45..50 mins later .. they arrived pooped but so happy they had done what they wanted... leaving Rick and I sitting in a car starving!..(by this time Its after 3pm) so with very empty bellies we drove to see Jabiru and maybe get a coffee ànd snack before heading to happy hour and tea! We looked and looked and looked And poor old Jabiru only had a very run down supermarket and a post office..it was like a ghost town.. not even a coffee shop. It's like a ghost town.. very sad... so back to camp for a biccie and cheese.. headed over to happy hour at 4.30.. had a beautiful barramundi for tea...Also went to look at the Ranger uranium mine just outside Jabiru.. bloody awful..how they put that right next to a national park is just awful.. just one extreme to the other...off to Darwin today...    Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 46

    KAKADU/ YELLOW WATERS

    June 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Today's story: goes like this..Miss Charman has her map of Kakadu with all her handwritten notes of where we r going on it...she couldn't find it after our drive yesterday And quizzed us all.. had we taken it, she had it when she was talking to one of us.. so we must have grabbed it..apparently searched her caravan and car inside out.... asked us all again this morning sure one of us had it...we had to stop again and try and find where we were going (no bloody internet in Kakadu!... we all pile back into our cars thinking where is that bloody map..I make a comment to Glenn, its got to be in that bloody car, nek minut Gordon calls on radio to say that he asked kim (miss charman) to check the glovebox, and lo and behold the map has been there the whole time! Now Miss Charman thinks Gordon planted it there to tease her! 😱😱🤪🧐🧐😱😱😤😤Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 45

    Kakadu

    June 28, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    So as we venture into kakadu we had to do another bloody gorge!! (ABG )..true to form the NT puts on its walk this is an easy 2km walk to a plunge pool! Everyone seemed to be in thongs, it must be an easy one (I'm in thongs as i wasnt planning on walking), so off we set again to trek into ABG....after my huge walk yesterday I really really didn't want to go, but the WannaGunna Tribe (That's our new name)...persuaded me it would be easy!... so we get a little way and the bridge has collapsed so we have to wade through 4 inch deep water (we've just been past a sign that says danger crocs) that was not fun.. then we get to the fkg rocks AGAIN...I scrambled over a lot..(in my thongs) then I said enough is enough...fuck these gorges/rock pools/views...I don't need to see any more... once again the Wannagunna Tribe tried to push me on...(let's face it one in all in, can't leave a Tribe member to face the elements all by themselves)..but I resisted I just couldn't do another rock scramble. I also couldn't stay where I was , in the hot sun on a rock.. so I had no choice but to face the elements and try and get back without my Tribe. As I was trepidly trying to negotiate the last rock , down I went , like the proverbial bag of s..t... bounced on a few hit my elbow, my hip ..by this time I was well and truly crying my little eyes out (no-one else around) so I could have a dam good cry.. feeling stupid/helpless/failure ...having a real pity party...I had no choice but to pick myself up and continue the arduous journey ahead of me (hahahaha)...I had blood dripping down my arm , no water and no tissues (Glenn had the bag)... I can't wash in the water as there are crocs in there (bloody NT) it will be fun they said)... so I'm walking through this tiny track with thick bush /swamp either side on my own, blood dripping down my arm, tears 😢 dripping down my face.. and I hear a bloody rustle in the bush..to say I shit myself is an understatement.. , now I don't run,... but I started running.. that rustling kept going.. I'm like it's a fkg crocodile 🐊 😋 ..it can smell my blood...I have never been so scared in my life...just as I get to the underwater bridge where I'm sure the crocodile 🐊 is coming to get me..some other people came and started to walk across...I breathed a huge sigh of relief and kept going...I got back to car.. and waited for the Tribe... fuck you NT and fuck your Rocks and Crocs 😰😰😰😰😰Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 44

    Katherine

    June 27, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Arrived in Katherine stayed at Katherine Farmstay..lovely young couple running it.. have only just opened. Toilets were clean and nice hot shower. It was very dusty but we had a great spot.. only $33 a night with power and water...(bore)
    We did a lovely gorge tour on the Katherine gorge River.. it was lovely. We then did a very very big walk (very hard going) over Rocks/steps and everything in between, at Edith Gorge. We saw a beautiful swimming spot... but I am aching all over today... lol..we are off to Kakadu today.. nearly at Darwin ... getting closer    Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 40

    Mataranka

    June 23, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We arrived in Mataranka on Thursday at 8.30 am we left Daly Waters at 6.30am .. early morning...we stayed in a lovely little caravan park at Bitter Springs... once set up we had a lovely brunch of bacon and eggs... did a heap of washing..kim ,Gordon ,Lee and Rick.. went for a float at Bitter Springs thermal pool in the Arvo..Glenn and I rested as I wasn't feeling the best.. had an early night Thursday night. Yesterday (Friday) we all went to the Mataranka thermal pool ..it was so pretty and so Warm like a bath..weather is quite warm about 30 but not humid. After that we had lunch...and went to the Bitter Springs thermal pool it was so great floated down and back 2 twice lovely day.. went to a whip cracking show last night (Friday)..it was awsome . The guy was so good.. great night!Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 38

    Banka Banka Station

    June 21, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Big day today , left our free camp at bum fuck nowhere, to get to Gordon's brother Jim who had broken down in Tennant Creek. We arrived at around 12..poor Gordon worked on his car for 3 hours to ensure they could keep going...we left there at around 3pm and arrived at Banka Banka Station at around 4.30..it was a big day...Banka Banka is also in the middle of nowhere. It's a working Station but they have turned it into a caravan park.. great stop. They have great facilities, a little bar (they sell their own wine) and they have a bit of music and do damper over the fire. (Ours was better lol)..We had a nice nice chatting to a lovely young couple who have sold everything to travel with their two young children. We are off to Daly Waters next!Read more

  • TravelerNorth Trip
    Day 37

    Tee Tree

    June 20, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    So on the way to our next major stop /Banka Banka Glenn Asked me if I wanted to have a go at driving.. as I got out of the car I jammed my thumb in the car door .. then ran into caravan mirror and snapped my good glasses and broke them..😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬 not happy Jan.. my thumb is black and bloody sore grrrrRead more

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