Our water heater was repaired and back in the motor home, and we had a couple of days doing a bit of sightseeing, but mostly were were lazy under the awning or in the pool with Barbara and Jim. Today we said our goodbyes and once more headed south towards Katherine. About 100 kilometres south of Darwin, we turned off to the Litchfield National Park. We tossed up whether to have a night there at Batchelor, but decided we'd just go and have a quick look at the scenery and keep driving to Katherine. We'd swum in the waterholes and had [View Full Entry]

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Doug's sister Barbara and brother in law Jim arrived yesterday and are a couple of sites down from us. We had a lazy weekend around the caravan park, by the pool or under the awning. Doug's cousin and his wife came to see us all in the afternoon and we had a good time catching up. Today Jim drove us into Darwin. The first thing we did was go and have a look at the new indoor beach they've built at the waterfront. Everyone was having a lovely time drifting in the water, then there was an announcement, the wave machine [View Full Entry]

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We spent our first day in Darwin at the repairers where they had a terrible job which took hours removing the water tank in the motor home. Everything is so compact, there was one boy inside under the lifted up bed and another sitting in the storage area underneath the bed. The tank was corroded so we must wait for parts - but of course - so have extended our week here for another couple of days. It also means no hot water which means either cold showers in the motor home or warm showers in the amenities block. Still, we [View Full Entry]

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We have arrived at Howard Springs, a few kilometres from Darwin, after driving today from Katherine. We enjoyed our couple of nights in Katherine in the very pleasant caravan park there. Yesterday we went into town and had a good look at Katherine, first to the old stone Springvale Homestead, one of the earliest buildings there on one of the earliest pastoral leases. Then we had a look at The Stockman, the sculpture by Australian, Archie St. Clair. We had seen it last time we were here and were very surprised, when visiting Jason and Jules in Texas a few months [View Full Entry]

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After leaving the Timber Creek caravan park this morning, we retraced our steps west, to look at Gregory’s tree, We'd passed the turn off a couple of times on our last trip, so decided this time we'd have a look. There is a large boab tree near the Victoria River and it is here where the explorer, Augustus Gregory and his party, who were exploring the interior of the north, set up camp for nine months in 1855-56. They built make-shift dwellings, a landing stage on the river from their ship's ballast and a vegetable garden. He grew up in Australia, [View Full Entry]

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We left Kununurra this morning and drove east, crossing the border into the Northern Territory, which also meant turning our clocks forward an hour and a half. We are sorry to leave Western Australia which we've enjoyed very much - it has been seven weeks since we entered WA after crossing the Nullarbor. We're especially sorry to leave the beautiful Kimberleys. We are spending the night at the caravan park at Timber Creek. We were told the crocodiles in the creek behind the park are fed at 5pm so we all walked down to the creek and stood on the little [View Full Entry]

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We had to be outside the caravan park at 8.30am today to be picked up and taken to the airport. There was a crowd and once more five were chosen to board each small aircraft. It was a bit of a worry when the engine wouldn’t kick over first time, but after a little wait, it finally did. We flew over Kununurra - great views of all the agricultural growth below - mangoes, sandlewood, etc. Where there is sunshine and plenty of water, you can grow anything! Then we were over Lake Argyll and the Argyll Dam. It is huge, 23 [View Full Entry]

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We arrived at Halls Creek yesterday afternoon and set up at the caravan park here. It's a bit dusty but then we don't expect grassed sites in these little towns. We had the night before at Fitzroy Crossing where there was lots of grass due to it being on the Fitzroy River. Yesterday morning before leaving Fitzroy Crossing, we did the boat tour on the river to Geike Gorge. The scenery was spectacular, multi-coloured cliffs, many freshwater crocodiles and many birds. On the way to the river to get the tour, we passed three brolgas in a paddock and several wild [View Full Entry]

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We leave Broome this morning to begin our long trek to Kununurra. We spent our last day stocking up on food as tonight we'll stay at Fitzroy Crossing where just a week ago the only store burnt down. In the afternoon we went down to Cable Beach where I had a swim, watched the camel trains giving rides along the quiet end of the beach, sipped g&ts overlooking the beach, then had fish and chips while we watched the sunset - a great way to finish the day. We'll be sorry to leave Broome! I probably won't have reception till I [View Full Entry]

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We have had a great couple of days. Yesterday we went on a tour to the Willie Creek Pearl Farm. Once we'd had afternoon tea, we were taken by boat into the creek - a beautiful blue, as are all the waterways here - and were shown the pearl shells which are kept in cages underwater to show the tourists. Most pearl shells are farmed a few kilometres out in the ocean. We were then taken on a little trip up the creek, viewing their resident crocodile and a huge brahminy kite's nest and then back to the Farm to listen [View Full Entry]

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