We have travelled less this week and are in Darwin,shortly to take Graham & Di to the airport on their way to Vietnam.It has been great having them here for 2 days.This past week we feel we have been in the tropics with temperatures min. 20 up to 30 + during the day.We have tried to do without the aircon which we think is offensive in a camp ground.Katherine Gorge was the highlight of the early part of the week with magnificent scenery in a gorge where we were able to swim with only fresh water crocs for company(they are shy [View Full Entry]

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Some aeria shots I took this evening on my sunset helicopter over Uluru and Kata Tjuta. There were only 4 people on the chopper - including myself and the pilot. Was great!! Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to the Red Centre! This is my third time to Central Australia, and each time I never get sick of seeing that red dust. I arrived in The Alice on Monday after a long 1,200km drive from Katherine. Katherine Gorge was good - not as good as my last visit there, maybe because it was not so “new” to me. But enjoyable none-the-less! As I am heading south, the temperatures have dropped somewhat, so a few days in a cabin were definitely on the cards. My plan for Tuesday morning was to head out to the West Macdonnell ranges. I [View Full Entry]

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Arriving at Darwin International at 1am nearly two weeks ago, I slept for 5 hours on an airport couch and watched the red sunrise before taking a taxi into the city. Darwin is not at all what I expected. Despite being the 'capital' of the Northern Territory, the city centre is quite small and relatively low-rise. It was quiet to start with, but as the day progressed hundreds of backpackers crawled out of the shade and into the bars. I had become so used to the New Zealand winter that I didn't bother booking ahead but we're in the peak season [View Full Entry]

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G'day Everyone We have just got back from 4 days staying at the Ayres Rock Resort in the Northern Territory. It was an amazing trip. I know the photo's will not do the sights justice but i hope you like them. Me and Ellen are now feeling like seasoned travellers, one flight to Sydney then another to Ayres Rock - no problem :) whats 5 hours on a plane eh !! The Outback Pioneer where we stayed was great, just wish the showers and toilets were not outside ! As soon as we arrived we had a nice shower - (Ellen [View Full Entry]

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I didn't expect to be putting in an entry at this time, but I stopped in a tiny little town (Croyden) in the Gulf area of Queensland, and surprise, surprise I've got a wireless connection. I think it's coming from the pub <smile> What can you say about the gulf country. It's cattle country. Dry, dusty and every so often a bloody great river, gorge or other such natural surprise. If you are ever up this was, don't miss Butterfly Gorge, the Western Lost City or Lawn Hill NP. As you've probably gathered by now, I'm not one for lots of [View Full Entry]

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With a couple more days to fill in before we were due to head into Darwin we decided to spend our time on the Daly River and Woolianna. With a memory of camping trips of times gone by spent on the sandy banks of the Daly River, I was very surprised to be greeted with a shady caravan park complete with facilities, green grass and a pool! We set up camp, launched the tinnie and enjoyed a refreshing swim in the pool. The little girls were reacquainted with some friends that we had met at the hot springs so were very [View Full Entry]

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Hallihallo! Haben gerade unsere 5 tagestour im outback hinter uns! es war saukalt in der nacht, aber traumhaft schoen! da ich momentan von einem ziemlich teuren internetzugang schreibe, muss ich mich kurz halten. hier ein link zu den touren, die wir bereits hinter uns haben: Kakadusafari: http://www.connections.travel/content.asp?Document_ID=16423 Outback: http://www.connections.travel/content.asp?Document_ID=15508 persoenliche kommentare und fotos folgen, wenn ich in perth bin. nur soviel: es ist einfach megasuper hier! jede mene action und wunderschoene natur! gglg martin und katharina [View Full Entry]

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Problem last evening-no internet reception so this is a day late.What a great week we have had.Been down to Ayers Rock/Uluru and back to pick up our (serviced) caravan from Alice Springs and headed north to Mataranka which is near Katherine-we are less than 500kms from Darwin and it is warming up-up to 30 degrees today.The 5 days camping around Uluru were memorable for many reasons,not the least being that while at Yulara resort campground(20km from Uluru) the night temp. was 1 degree each of the 3 nights.We were very brave in our not very thick sleeping bags.The days were 20 [View Full Entry]

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Hello all ..... I am back in Katherine after having spent 3 nights in Kakadu!! I actually prepared most of this post whilst in Kakadu as I had a bit of time (actually ... come to think about it .... I had LOTS of time). Now I have internet again, I can update and publish this post. Since my last post I have walked ALOT. After having the JGG serviced (and washed) in Darwin, I decided to visit Doctors Gully - the home of Aquascene - where you can hand feed wild fish at each high tide (for the small fee [View Full Entry]

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