September
14 2014
September
14 2014
Checking out Kakadu from the water
Cooinda is the perfect base to head off on our Yellow Water Cruise. We’ve seen so much of this park from lookouts and at the base of waterfalls, now it’s time to check it out from the water. The picturesque Yellow Water Billabong and tributaries of the South Alligator River are quite simply a wildlife spotting feast, teeming with birds and saltwater crocodiles. Continue Reading →
September
12 2014
Kakadu’s magic Maguk and Nourlangie
In this nearly 20, 000 square km park there’s quite a few waterfalls and swimming holes to explore. We are so glad that someone tipped us off about Maguk / Barramundi Falls. I’m calling it the unsung hero of Kakadu. Continue Reading →
September
10 2014
Hey Kakadu, don’t mind if I do!
At a mere two billion years old, the World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park is one of Australia’s most coveted “Must See” destination. It’s an internationally recognised ecological and cultural treasure. Check it out? Don’t mind if I do! Continue Reading →
September
05 2014
From Roper Bar to Bitter Springs
Travelling along at 60 – 90 km per hour in a vehicle with air-conditioning, I cannot help but admire the early explorers and pioneers who opened up this route. Leichhardt, Burke and Wills, King … and others. We are merely travelling the next several hundreds of km’s in pursuit of an icy-pole at the Roper Bar store! Continue Reading →
September
03 2014
A lost city, a butterfly and a ripper swimming hole
It’s a new day…we’ve been serenaded by Barking Owls and watched over by a flirtatious peacock, we’ve rinsed off the red dust in a donkey system shower and we’ve pulled off the last of the shockers. We are on a mission to get out of here – we hold our breaths and hope nothing else falls off the camper. Continue Reading →
September
02 2014
The worst road ever – Lorella Springs
Right then. This post goes down in the chapter of our trip as recounting the WORST ROAD EVER. Continue Reading →
August
31 2014
This is the post where we go to Hell and back
From Adels Grove we drive through stations and mustering action, dust whipped into a frenzy by restless cows as stockhands loaded them onto road trains. Dust, and fires and dry, parched soil. Today we are going straight to lucifer’s patch. Hell’s Gate. Continue Reading →
August
30 2014
Bones, fossils & beaut fun at Boodjamulla NP
Using Adels Grove as our base we head into Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park its World Heritage Listed Riversleigh treasure chest of fossils.
They are two jewels in Australia’s outback crown. Continue Reading →
August
28 2014