September
29 2014
September
27 2014
Australia’s largest in-land sea – Lake Argyle
We are jetlagged and jaundice – it has been 2 hours without fruit! Gasping we arrive in Lake Argyle. It’s Grand Final Day.
We don’t follow the footy. But we do follow the crowd. Straight to the pub. Continue Reading →
September
27 2014
This is the post where the honey pot gets it
Border Crossings. Tricky things. Usually involving passports, declaration forms and sweaty uniformed officers asking about your employment. Continue Reading →
September
26 2014
Bush camp, bush chores and big boabs
We fuel up on Katherine and travel west towards the Victoria River region. Expecting a boring drive, we find ourselves loving the drive through the Judbarra / Gregory National Park. It’s 13, 000 square km’s of amazing land-forms, towering sandstone pillars and bulging, beautiful boabs. This is spectacular landscape, sporting some impressive sandstone escarpments. Continue Reading →
September
22 2014
From war time to waterfalls
War time and waterfalls. The two images, and experiences couldn’t be more far apart. And yet here in the Northern Territory we are spending time at both. Continue Reading →
September
21 2014
Hoo Roo Humpty Doo
Tonight we have one final dinner with family to enjoy, one more frogs in the shower count to complete, and a last minute horse ride for Little Miss Squid who so wants to be a cow girl. Continue Reading →
September
21 2014
An unexpected insight at Litchfield National Park
Today we are throwing the guide book out the window. We are going with the flow. Up the track a bit, and towards some unexpected insights into Territory living. Continue Reading →
September
19 2014
Top End Hospitality
On the outskirts of Darwin where the Stuart Highway meets the Arnhem Highway is the town of Humpty Doo. And beyond that Noonamah. It’s all mango farms, buffalo horns on gates and freight containers passing for homes in large paddocks. Continue Reading →
September
17 2014
Darwin’s history, culture & a woo hoo before sunset
And much of the Top End’s tourist experiences today help tell a fascinating story of Darwin, with it’s history remarkably well preserved. Continue Reading →
September
15 2014