Blogs from Oceania - page 2

Monday 13 th May, Tennant CreekG’Day Outback Caravan Park, Tenanat Creek, NTCost $50 per night with membership, drive throughRated by us 7/10Mileage 21367 travelled 565kmLong drive today in an attempt to get out of the heat and to start to feel safe again, it is really getting to us both now.The termite mounds continue to be abundant and the colours keep changing, the territorians seem to have a thing about dressing the mounds, so far we have seen, Yoda, The Simpson whole family, Father Xmas, a ghost and many more strange costumes, not sure what the termites make of it, they just seem to continue making the mounds over the clothes. There is lots of water at the roadside and some amazing lilies and bird life, lots of cranes I can see why ... read more

Sunday 12 th May, Bitter SpringsBitter Springs Caravan Park, NTCost $45 per night Drive throughRated by us 8/10Mileage 20802 travelled 723kmSo glad to get driving and out of the heat, could not even think about the camera on the drive, The camp site is a very laid back affair with lots of trees and shade.There are a lot of dogs around and it is a bit noisy, Tippy in his usual style is ignoring them all and chilling out. We managed to park the van in our space without unhooking which is a bonus as we have an early start tomorrow.The springs are in the Elsey National Park, which is a short walk from the park, out the gate and 550m down the road, then 230m into the forest. There is lots of ... read more

Friday 10 th May, DarwinBig4 Howard Springs, Darwin NTCost $44.75 per night with membershipRated by us 7/10Mileage 20079 travelled 0After another hot and humid night I made the call “I have had enough”, why are we putting up with this when we are not enjoying things and we can find little that we want to do particularly as we we are been restricted with the dog. Darwin is not a tourist town and even a few people on the park are having issues getting dog sitters, we have found them in abundance at other tourist towns. AS my last two attempts at gett6ing us something to do have failed I turned it over to G today and he chose The Military Museum, we visited on our last trip up here but it is worth ... read more

Thursday 9 th , DarwinBig4 Howard Springs, Darwin NTCost $44.75 per night with membershipRated by us 7/10Mileage 20079 travelled 0Well we both had a horrible night the humidity rises during the night and it got to 75% last night, the air con coped just but it felt like the air was wet. The towels on the line which are normally bone drive after our showers the previous night were still wet, in fact wetter than when we hung them up. I admitted to G today that I am glad that from here our feet are heading in a homeward direction. I don't want to rush but I am ready to start heading back and glad we decided not to do QLD this trip.Nice drive around Fannie Bay and the gardens down town this morning ... read more

Today we head 300 or so kilometres north- east to Kings Canyon in the Watarrka National Park. But first a quick stop at the Yulara petrol station, where we enjoy the privilege of paying somewhere around 40% more per litre than the current price back in Melbourne. It seems the premium petrol that we’re told our chariot needs is indeed a very valuable commodity out here. There’s a padlock on the bowser, and the sign says we need to go inside and beg for a key before we‘re allowed to pump even a single drop of this liquid gold. I’m not sure we’ve ever seen anything like that before. I can only assume the whole padlock thing is to stop you driving away without paying, but I’m not sure why you couldn’t do that anyway …. ... read more