Final goodbyes
6 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Said goodbye to Walter and Silvia, they were staying an extra night in Timber Creek, and we were heading to Halls Creek.
Silvia gave me their card, and a fan from the gift shop! I gave her a hug.
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Timber Creek
5 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Goodbyes said to Walter and Silvia again. They thought they may go down the Gibb River Rd today. We told them we were aiming for Timber Creek.
During the night, I went to the loo, and on exiting, IЧитать далее
Back to Katherine
4 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We were on the road before 9.30. We started listening to another Tim Winton book, The Eyie, and I enjoyed spotting the increasing colours of flowers, trees, shrubs in bloom along the roadside.
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Plunge pools and water holes
3 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We had arranged to meet Silvia and Walter at Wangi cafe at 11am. Walter was very excited about the beauty of the falls and the large plunge pool. Kingfishers darted among the ever increasing number ofЧитать далее
Litchfield National park
2 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Silvia and Walter left Darwin about an hour and a half before us. Ian got talking to the permanent resident from behind us. He suggested we go to Wangi Falls as the sites were much larger forЧитать далее
Twilight Cruise in Darwin Harbour
1 августа 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Silvia called over about 9.30am while we were still having breakfast. Walter came over half an hour later! We managed to have lunch without them though!
We left for the harbour at 4pm and started toЧитать далее
Late breakfast
31 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Started the morning late, and we were just finishing coffee when Silvia arrived. Walter had taken their car to get the battery fixed. We unloaded our car and gave Silvia a lift to get a new sim cardЧитать далее
Darwin Casino
30 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Brian from Ian's bowls club and his wife Kay came for coffee this morning. I woke early, again, worrying about getting all the previous nights dishes done! How silly, and Ian reassured me.
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BBQ night
29 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today I read. I started off with Womans own magazine, and then the Biography of Andrew Cameron: A Nurse on the Edge of the Desert. Both belong to Silvia and I want to return them before we leave onЧитать далее
Shoe shopping
28 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Up late last night, up late this morning. Ian has discovered a wardrobe dysfunction- in that he has only brought 1 pair of thongs....which are hurting him a little today. We headed into Darwin centreЧитать далее
Last night at Darwin Show
27 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Domestic duties this morning, then over to the pool to cool off. Silvia and Walter joined us later, and we went to watch the fireworks at the show...there was a guard on the gate but we all just wavedЧитать далее
Friday night Fish and Chips
26 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We headed out to the Art and History Museum this morning. It was on the coast, and was a lovely way to spend some time. They had a lot of Information on Cyclone Tracey, which devastated the City backЧитать далее
Mindil Beach Sunset Market
25 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We went to the Aircraft history museum this morning. They had a B51 and an F1 11 on display among many other aircraft. Ian and I both bought T Shirts. A swim to cool down this afternoon was high onЧитать далее
Darwin
24 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
We were later than usual getting to our Caravan park. When we arrived, we found we had booked a 12ft site, not great to fit an 18ft van! and because the show was on this weekend it was touch and goЧитать далее
Aboriginal Rock Art
23 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
This morning we went up to a very informative Information Centre at Bowali...unusually several km outside of town. They had a nice little cafe, and a great arts and crafts shop. Ian almost bought aЧитать далее
Jabiru
22 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The landscape is changing as we travel through the Kakadu. Glimpses of water can be seen and flat stacks of pinkish stone line the roadside. We stayed at the Lodge CP, which must be the largest park IЧитать далее
Exploring the Kakadu Ranges
21 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We said goodbye to Walter and Silvia this morning. They were heading to Yellow Water sunset cruise, before Jabiru.
We went 6km up the road and came across a beautiful plunge pool, complete with fish!Читать далее
Mary River Road House
20 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
We stopped for lunch at Pine Crossing, which looked like a lively little place, heavily frequented by tourists, in vans like ours, and tourist buses. Also rowdy natives at night apparently. Then weЧитать далее
Katherine Gorge
19 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
The Katherine show is on, but were yesterday, the town was just full of aborigines, today, the town seemed empty. We went to Katherine Gorge and climbed up to the lookout. A woman up there wasЧитать далее
Heading to Katherine
18 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Less than 300km to travel today. We were on the road by 9.30. Ian spoke to the young German guy again, who was also camped at Daly Waters. They are heading back...he has now lost his phone!
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Daly Waters
17 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Last but one to leave our overnight stop. The wind was behind us, and we headed to the iconic Daily Waters pub and CP. We have been listening to books along the way, and finished off 'The Boy WhoЧитать далее
Attack Creek
16 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Leaving our lovely free camp this morning I noticed paw prints quite clearly, moving around the outside of our caravan...Dingos! Glad we didn't leave anything edible around. I had to trudge over theЧитать далее
On the road to Tennant Creek
15 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We managed to manoeuvre our way out of the caravan Park quite easily in the end...but only because the guy opposite us also left this morning, so we drove through his site back onto the road! WeЧитать далее
3rd day in Alice Springs
14 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I needed to return my new underwear...I had lifted the wrong size! So we headed out to Simpson's Gap via Woolworths. I would meet Ian at the Information center on the next street. A street market wasЧитать далее
2nd day in Alice
13 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We discovered this morning that a lot of our underwear was missing....presumably still hanging from the washing line in Roxby. My fault! I mean, who would want to steal them!! Anyway we managed toЧитать далее
Wintersun CP Alice Springs
12 июля 2019 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Got the last spot in the place, thankfully we were directed into the tight little spot in the corner. Ian made friends with Ken and Pam who were travelling farmers from southern NSW. They were inЧитать далее








































































































































































