http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Northern Territory , Mataranka en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:28:51 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:28:51 UTC We have frogs. Rohan. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-327820.html The next morning we were awoken by our 'neighbours' shouting at us. They were kind enough to inform us that we were lazy and missing the best part of the day. Breakfast was cooked on the fire once again and we enjoyed noodles with boiled egg A cheap and interesting alternative to a sausage and egg mcmuffin. We packed up our camp and headed on around 9.30am towards Pine Creek. It turned out that http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-315178.html We decided to do the 8km walk down the Roper River down to the tufa dams to the Korowan Mataranka Falls. We all had our backpacks of water as it was a very warm day. We walked through sandy ground and then through termite country and then along cliffs until we found the gentle falling falls. We walked on a bit further to find a swimming area suitable for the kids. The water was beautiful and cle http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-302017.html Before we were up the vans around us were packed up and moving quickly to the next destination. The rush was on We went and explored the old international airport and WWII air field and read about the history of Daly Waters. We then drove to Mataranka and decided to stay at Elsey National Park. We found a little spot we liked but we saw that there were large ants everywhere. I went for a walk and http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-302015.html Problem last eveningno internet reception so this is a day late.What a great week we have had.Been down to Ayers RockUluru and back to pick up our serviced caravan from Alice Springs and headed north to Mataranka which is near Katherinewe are less than 500kms from Darwin and it is warming upup to 30 degrees today.The 5 days camping around Uluru were memorable for many reasonsnot the least b http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-299501.html Efter at have chillet lidt mere ved Devil's Marbles koerte vi videre til Tennant Creek hvor der skulle vaere et godt aboriginsk kulturcenter men desvaerre var det lukket da det var loerdag.Derfor valgte vi at koere til Mataranka da der skulle vaere en Thermal Pool en naturligt varm soe man kunne bade i. Det viste sig at vaere turen vaerd og vandet var saa varmt at man havde det som om ma http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-278215.html Thermal pools very nice we had a couple of long days on the coach stopped at Daly Waters pub too. We went for a cruise on the Katherine Gorge which was spectacular. didnt see croc's but saw little waterfalls and chilled out on the boat for a bit. We drove up to Jabiru and stopped at Edith falls for dinner had a nice swim in the pool was a long way from the bank to the falls but worth the http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-161640.html Day 137 Thursday 17 August 2006Katherine to Mataranka We only drove about 100 kmrsquos today to Mataranka via Cutta Caves which are limestone caves which host rare host bats. We never saw any but very pretty crystals amongst the stalactities and stalagmites. Mataranka is renowned for the famous thermal pools and the town of ldquoWe of the Never Neverrdquo book. We visited ldquoBitter Sp http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-83847.html Imagine driving in 40degree heat with no air con in middle of nothingness singing to yourselves because the crap pink cd player chews through batteries like nobodys business in two Cds was cheapest thing and even had microphone with it which was thrown out. Jessies favourite comment being 'theres water there' as not used to seeing much water and both of us falling asleep in passenger side. Then http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-28512.html Hey everybodyWe finally found a computer that we can upload images withhellip..but donrsquot try to use the internet at caravan parks internet cafes or public libraries because they wonrsquot let you. What you need to do is find a family like the Gridleys use their CDMA internet connection to their laptop and then send. Simple really. Now we have two scenarios 1. Stalk the Gridleys a http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-14797.html We left the bustiling metropolis of Alice Springs on Monday. I'm not sure if i mentioned this but it was cold and raining in Alice Springs. Alice is in the middle of the driest part of the outback. Everyone who lived there was happy to see the rain they've been a a drought for a few years but still funny that it rained while we were there. Rachel Uwe pronounced ooverand i got on the bus. Uwe http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Mataranka/blog-1207.html