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Darwin … almost
25 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Very short distance to cover to get to Darwin. Set up camp right outside of the city. Do some cleaning of the car and organizing. Though very hot, go off on a bike ride. Ride along beautiful ocean though croc and box jellyfish signs abound. Survive the heat. Last night to cook at a campground and sleep in a tent. Very hot night.En savoir plus
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A day for falls
24 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Decide to head out of the park a day early. Short walk to see Tolmer falls with alot obscured by smoke. Florence falls and Buley Rockhole are next. Very hot (95) and the water is lovely. Check out térmite mounds before leaving park and camping in the caravan park.En savoir plus
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A bike ride and falls
23 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Go for a bike ride in the park. Good to get those cycling legs going in the heat. Take a dip in Walker Creek. Quite smoky out. Doug almost gets run over by water buffalo; i only see them from a distance. Finally see a Joey in a pouch but mamma hope off before we can catch a picture. Walk to Cascade falls and have a nice, low risk plunge.En savoir plus
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Litchifield NP
22 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Drive through wetlands área of Kakadu - stopping for a little walk. Doug spots a croc but i don’t see it. Stop at the town of
Humpty Doo (love the name) for food and drive to Litchfield NP. Camp by Wangi falls but can’t swim because of crocs. Walk the loop but views are a bit smoky.En savoir plus
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Kakadu - Burrungkuy
21 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Head out, stopping first at different visitor center. Nice displays about the park. Hike up a short way to Nawurlandja overlook. Great views. Back down to main tourist area - Burrungkuy. Many displays of rock art. Love the creation stories. Do another short walk to see a bit more art and then drive back. Hang by pool for a bit. Enjoy a slide show about the park in the evening.En savoir plus
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Kakadu Park - Yurmikmik
20 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Although there seems to be many parts of the park closed (early season) decide to check it out anyway. Stop at visitors center and get good information and head off to Yurmikmik - nice hike and 2 great swimming holes. Getting quite toasty. Don’t see any crocs which I suppose is a good thing. Part of early season clean up is bush burning. Opt to not camp by a croc infested river and instead go to caravan park in Jabiru.En savoir plus
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Edith Falls
19 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Stock up on food before leaving Katherine and drive to the north side of Nitmiluk park. Another lovely hike along the river to croc-free swimming holes (how do they promise that?). Continue north to Pine Creek and opt to stop to assess next move. Little walk to water filled gold mine.En savoir plus
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VoyageurSoo pretty!
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Katherine Gorge
18 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
As we have been doing, stay in place while exploring. Today we headed out the gorge road to Nitmiluk park. We were surprised to find that a lot of the park still closed as they clean up from the Wet. Get good advice from a ranger and off we go on a hike through the gorge. Nice croc free swim in waterhole. Great views and way less flies than before. Back to camp to relax and have dinner.En savoir plus
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VoyageurLooks like my kinda day! Loved the red rock of the gorge
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Mataranka and Katherine
17 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
No morning visitors in the bathroom! Get on the road and cover the distance to Mataranka quickly. Stop at the hot springs and see our first croc signs and experience little to no flies for the first time in quite awhile. Enjoy the soak in the jungle. Continue on to Katherine. Do the regular things and then do a little bike ride around town to move the legs a bit. Check out Katherine river. Town is also a bit rough around the edges.En savoir plus
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Hannah Boe That looks lovely!
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Voyageur 😍😍😍
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NT Outback
16 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Driving day. Not much to see besides termite mounds (some of which are dressed up in clothing). Break up the nothingness with a stop at Devils Marbles. Very cool rocks but swarming with flies. Manage a quick walkabout before retreating back to the car. Stop at almost nonexistent town of Elliott at the caravan park. Greeted by peacocks. Bathroom also has a surprise for me.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Oh my gosh, a shower buddy, I mean froggy!
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VoyageurOh my gosh, that frog doesn't look real! 🐸
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Bike ride and a museum
15 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Head out on bikes into the west MacDonnell Park - a range of ‘mountains’ that go east/west. Ride the Simpson cycle path through the bush to Simpson gap. Quite green and somewhat less red. Short walk into a little gorge. Return to town and check out the Royal Flying Doctor Medical museum. Very cool exhibit on the first ever medical aviation program which is still in use today. Stock up on food, do laundry and check out local brewery.En savoir plus
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Voyageur I don’t think looking at all these is good for my med school dedication
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Helene RimbergSorry. I could carry on about the flies, heat and dust? Maybe that would help
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Onto Alice Springs
14 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Another early morning to catch the sunrise over Uluru. Afterwards, hike around the base. Retrace our drive back to Stuart Highway and then continue north to Alice Springs. Find a campground, set up and try to avoid flies. Have determined that flies are the worst natural annoyance that we have come upon. Escape only really happens at night. Venture into town for really good pizza. Lots of gates in this rough town.En savoir plus
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Kata Tjuta
13 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Wake up early to catch the sunrise over Kata Tjuṯa - the other structure in the park. Amazing colors as the sun hits the red rocks. Hike the Valley of the Winds - wandering through the chasms and up and over formations. Additionally, short hike in the gorge. Explore the Cultural Centre. Great exhibits on Aboriginal culture. Avoid flies in the late afternoon (worst time) before going to watch sunset over Uluru.En savoir plus
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700+ KM to Uluru (Ayers Rock)
12 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Another early start. Many miles of Outback in front of us. Coming out of town pass many opal mines. See a dingo but not much wildlife - except for flies which swarmed as soon as we got out of the car (so avoided that as much as possible). Many podcasts later saw Uluru poking up. After setting up camp in the ‘resort’, go for a walkabout. Watch sunset and get a bonus full moon. Thankfully flies go away when it’s dark bEn savoir plus
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VoyageurThese might be some of my favorite pictures!
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Helene RimbergIt was so hard to really capture the colors and magnitude
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VoyageurWow!
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The Breakaways
11 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
With a fixed tire (2nd flat of the trip), off we went on a bike ride. Quickly established how to wear a bug hat with a helmet. Easy ride on an outback road and then turned into the red dirt. Ride along the dingo fence- 5000km long meant to keep dingos in the western side of Australia. Rode the colorful rock formations. Flies got insanely bad. Back we went, trying to pedal faster than they could keep up with. Spent the rest of the day trying to avoid the flies!En savoir plus
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VoyageurWhat us the reason there are so many flies?
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Helene RimbergLots of livestock. At times standing water. Heat. And according to legend to torment people. Or maybe that was in NZ.
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Coober Peedy
10 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Up and out early. It’s amazing how much faster you can go when don’t load up bikes. Drive for a bit, passing very large salt flats. Stop in a tiny town for gas and a break. Continue along the Stuart Highway. Continue to be glad we didn’t attempt to ride this. Set up and walk into town. Explore Opal Mines and local art. This is the opal capital of the world. Battle the flies but they do disappear as night falls.En savoir plus
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VoyageurHappy mothers day, Helene!
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To the Outback
9 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Another chilly morning. Head up our little hill to watch the sunrise. Pack up and head north to Blinman - lots of animals out. Turn onto gravel road and drive through Parachilna Gorge to other side of the Flinders. Opt to not go for a walk - a bit buggy. Back in car and just drive. Back through Port Augustus. Stop in roadside campground in Pimba, on the edge of nuclear test site.En savoir plus
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Wilpena Pound
8 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Chilly morning (45) thus sleep in. Sun quickly warms us. Head along main trail towards Wilpena Pound (enclosed valley). Continue up to lookout and then opt for another hike up Mount Ohlssen Bagge. Quite the scramble but great views. On the way down spot a yellow footed wallaby! Find ourselves surrounded in the campground by a school group. At least they go to bed early.En savoir plus
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Into the Flinders Range
7 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Head north, stopping in Port Augusta for supplies. Quickly enter the red rocks and open plains. Detour to Warren Gorge for a hike - seeking yellow footed wallabies. Nice views big no yellow wallabies. Continue into the mountains, arriving at Wilpena. Set up and go for a wee walk.En savoir plus
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Hannah Boe Oh cute!
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Hike up Mount Remarkable
6 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Drive to the other side of the mountain range to get to trail head for Mountain Remarkable hike. Nice quiet hike, winding our way up and over the mountain. Quite a bit of scree along the way. Thankfully, flies don’t seem to like this hike. Back down and return to our campsite. Make friends with a wild cat - steak fat always good for making friends.En savoir plus
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Onto Mount Remarkable NP
5 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Chilly morning but the sun quickly warms things up. Pack up car more efficiently and continue northward. Buy more food and after driving through arid prairie, arrive in lovely Mount Remarkable NP - also arid but more interesting topography. Go for hike along dry riverbed. Break out bug hats for the first time. Spot mountain goats, deer, wallabies and lots of flies.En savoir plus
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A walk amongst the vines
4 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
Unfortunately, Doug is not able to fix my flat tire ( only second one of entire trip) so we walk along the Riesling Trail instead of cycle. Very windy day as we walk along vineyards and empty spaces. Stop at a winery for some tasting.En savoir plus
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Switch to 4 wheels
3 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Clear out of the hostel and pike all our stuff, including bikes into a car. Make our way out of the city and head north. Relatively short drive to Clare. Set up and reorient ourselves to living out of a car vs. on our bikes.En savoir plus
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Adelaide: Bike & Hike for Koalas
2 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Another sunny day. Head off on bikes to Cleland park in the nearby Adelaide Hills. Hike a bit before spotting first one. Very dry park. Spot a fire burning in the distance. Wind up with 10 Koalas spotted - half of them within 500 Yds of where we left the bikes.En savoir plus
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Adelaide: Neighborhoods & errands
1 mai 2025, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Get a late start so opt to wander a bit and take care of our errands. Walk by large Oval (stadium) to North Adelaide - one of the oldest and prettiest neighborhoods. Lovely oak lined streets and stone buildings. Back through garden to wine museum and get a lot of our shopping done on busy Rundle street. Stop for a pint and back to hostel for delivered pizza. Very good!En savoir plus
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