Blogs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 14

Today we went to Kakadu, we went on a river cruise, we saw 2 Jabiru, 9 crocodiles, 2 kingfishers and 6 sea eagles. The next day we went for a walk to a billabong. It was so hot I had to put my feet in a sink of water. Next we went to Nourlangie Rock and saw some aboriginal art. Then we did a big walk up a rock to a look out. I saw two bushfires. I saw lots and lots and lots of trees. I saw lots and lots of stone country. We went back to our campsite and made damper, I had chocolate with my damper. The next day we went to Borwali and then Jabiru. There was a bakery at Jabiru that had the best sausage rolls ever!!! We had to book ... read more

Geo: -12.4613, 130.842 Broome to Darwin via Kimberley and Kakadu 15th - 29th JuneWe survived our camping trips, just, but where do I start describing them? The 9 day journey across Western Australia and into Northern Territory was fantastic. It is not everyone's vision of bliss as we travelled long distances over rough roads, constantly covered in red dust (and black soot when collecting firewood), climbed and clambered over rocks and escarpments, had 3 showers (2 warm) in 9 days and worst of all, the pleasure of bush toilets – trowel and paper, which in hard stony country is quite a challenge. When we first boarded our vehicle Jim and I both had the same thought, what on earth have we done? Especially as we hit our heads climbing aboard for the first few times. Jim's ... read more

This is our 3rd week in Darwin staying at the Howard Springs caravan park, a big park with good amenities,we decided to use this as a base for touring. This last couple of weeks have flown by with some busy days and others not so, There are 3 museums here ,Aviation Military and a general museum and art gallery all worth a visit and the general museum is free , this one tells the story of cyclone Tracy with a very good sound booth which replicates the sound of Tracy and also the bombing of Darwin and the role the Northern Territory played in WW11 Darwin has been rebuilt since Tracy and is a well planned out city ,easy to navigate around, we took a tour bus with commentary around the city well worth it, you ... read more

Heading north from Katherine we have stopped the night in Litchfield National Park in the camping ground at Wangi Falls. There is a short track from here that leads to the swimming hole at the base of the falls and it is just magical and justifiably very popular with locals and tourists alike. The water was so refreshing, given that recently it has been well over 32+ degrees most days. The spot has just been given the all clear as to being croc free and is checked every day but one can’t help but keep looking around and down to the bottom given that it is super clear to see if they have maybe missed one. We had a bad night at the campsite with hundreds of mosquitoes getting inside the van so we moved to ... read more

16/1/13 We landed in Darwin at around 3.20am, and went through immigration and customs, hoping to be delayed as long as possible, seeing as we had no hotel to go to until later on. We were through to arrivals by 4am, and found a table near the only cafe in the arrivals area. We got a caffeine based drink to try and keep us going, and a managed to sign on to the wifi at the airport- which kept us occupied for a while! We got something to eat after a while (first taste of how expensive Australia is!), then decided to get a taxi around 7am to our hotel. It cost us $27, exchange rate about $1.5 to £1. To our surprise and joy, the lovely lady on the reception desk at our hotel let ... read more