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Day 131 - Banka Banka to Daly Waters Waking up early is easy when the birds start the dawn chorus, being bothered to get out of bed is a whole other story but we did manage to crawl out just after 7! The showers were wet and warm and after packing up we were on the road again by 8.30. We could hear the Daly Waters pub swimming pool calling us! Today’s trip was only 4 hours, nice and easy does it! There was little traffic on the Stuart Highway but we waved to anything on coming just for something to [View Full Entry]

Darryl and Sarah - Wallaby Wanderers | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 6th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=434026]

Red light said stop, so we stopped
Come inside for a cool drink at the Daly Waters Pub
The Daly Waters historic hanger

Touching base once more on our long and adventurous journey, I say that because now we have gone inland and north towards darwin and there is not a playground in sight! This provides a problem as we need to wear the kids out if they are to sit through boring historical tours that we want to see. Anyway, we are coping but having just left Daly Water, we are increasingly finding that since we left Townsville it is really hot and dry. We scurry inside after our driving ends about 2pm and while LJ has a sleep, we sit in air [View Full Entry]

fartravellers - Gina McPherson | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 20th 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=429646]

mum and daughter at one of many water falls
big rig, for all those little (& big) boys out there
morning mist at Cooroy mountain

23-7-09 On the road again to Pine Creek, only an hour away, we decided to stay at Miners Park no 101 NT in free Camps book . Well what an adventure, we followed what we thought were the directions & got onto a dirt rd, we were supposed to go 3 k’s but we could not turn around, we went 10 k’s & said OK we are just going to do it. Den had to do a 10 point turn & we filled up the back legs of the caravan with dirt scraping the van in & out of the rubble. [View Full Entry]

Cobb and Co 4 - Michelle and Dennis Shaw | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 30th 2009 | 79 Views | [diary=423700]

8  24-7-09   A SMALL Termite Mound at  Pussy Cat Race Course at Pine Creek
11  24-7-09    Pussy Cat Race Course at Pine Creek
12  24-7-09   The back of the van after out dirt road trip  at  Pussy Cat Race Course at Pine Creek

DAY 265 It feels cool this morning, I can hear people already moving around outside, the light is not even breaking through, we are nice and cosy within the confines of our sleeping bags so getting up is not an option. At about 7.30 the sun is barely shedding a warm glow, we decide to get up and get packed up. Andy is out and the kettle is on, I am tidying the bed up and emptying the contents of the tent ready for folding away. The only thing I leave in the tent is the toaster to get our breakfast [View Full Entry]

kangaroojack - The Ts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 30th 2009 | 96 Views | [diary=423685]

Oldest Hangar in NT
Daly Waters Runway
Displays

Hi Bloggers, You know how I like to got all sentimental, well we have just published our 300th Blog Entry, you may say, Oh not not more statistics but come on, 300 blog entries, that is a lot of work. So for the full facts, we have done. 300 Entries Words 364030 Photo's 3113 Blog hits this month 2444 Total blog hits to date 21732 You just sit there awaiting for us to upload our blog entry not even thinking about how much work has gone in to this, we seem to be typing morning, noon and night, in between, driving [View Full Entry]

kangaroojack - The Ts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 28th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=422949]


18/7/09 WE are off to Daly Waters Pub today, heard mixed reviews on it , so will make up our own mind. We went through Renner Springs & had a cuppa at Elliot & heard that there had been two vans that had collided just past Renner Springs, no one hurt so that was lucky , but one car turned over & was on its roof, We pushed on & arrived at Daly Waters Pub just after lunch. We loved it , so we decided to stay, $20 for a powered site. The atmosphere was great, bra’s, nickers, hats & all [View Full Entry]

Cobb and Co 4 - Michelle and Dennis Shaw | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 22nd 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=421047]

3   18-7-09   Only in oz  The signs at Daly Waters Pub
5   18-7-09    The signs at Daly Waters Pub
11   18-7-09    Beef & Barra at  Daly Waters Pub

Well we finally said goodbye to Darwin and the humidity which was a bit hard to take and made our way down to Katherine which of course is famous for its gorges and the Katherine River.It is also a stopping or starting place for the famous Ghan train and we were lucky enough to see it getting ready to depart for Adelaide on one of the days we were there.It was very impressive with an enormous amount of carriages.Of course we all decided there and then that we may have to consider a trip on her before we get too old.So [View Full Entry]

patricia daphne austin - patricia daphne austin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 22nd 2009 | 67 Views | [diary=420525]

John at Katherine station
Part of Katherine River at Low Level
Rain trees at Springvale Homestead

It’s pretty hard to get worked up about a place when even its own tourist brochures describe it as ‘desolate’. At least you know in the Northern Territory, they pull no punches. This is typical of the straight-talking Territorians, rough-as-guts, uncomplicated, hard-working types who drink Piss and shit in the outdoor dunny. Even most of the women round these parts look like the sort of blokes who’d have to fly-in a wife from the Philippines. Some of em probably do. There’s only two places visitors generally head for in the Territory, Ayer’s Rock (some [View Full Entry]

Andy and Debbie - Life on Earth | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 14th 2008 | 79 Views | [diary=334003]

Keep River National Park
Keeping Hydrated
Daly Waters Pub

Last night we stopped off at the Devils Marbles again and Samuel spent the afternoon riding his bike . He can officially ride without training wheels hipeeee!!!!!! We arrived a Daly Waters to check out the famous Pub. It was a unique place with everything you could imagine hanging from the walls around the bar. There was Frank the chookman to entertain us that night. He told some great Aussie jokes and sang some funny songs with a wedge tailed eagle on his head AKA a black chook. This was another monumental moment for Samuel as he lost his tooth and [View Full Entry]

Where is the Watergate Hotel - The Nixon Family | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 31st 2008 | 40 Views | [diary=318075]

The Watergate at Daly Waters WW2 Airstrip getting ready for TAKEOFF
Arriving at Mataranka
The Friendly Birdlife

Did a helicopter ride over Katherine Gorge which was pretty cool then another long drive today roughly 7 hours. taking in Daly Waters Pub the oldest in Australia, and chat with a roadtrain driver at a fuel stop, apart form this its driving and messing and playing games on the bus. Stay in Tennants Creeks in the real outback, even more remote than Katherine. Sleep in swags tonight under the stars whichs is just class and so comfortable better than any hut, who needs a bed [View Full Entry]

Brian Thornton - Brian Thornton | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 27th 2008 | 20 Views | [diary=270469]

Chopper ride
Chopper
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