From Kununarra we have travelled south to the Bungle Bungles, or more correctly the Purnululu National Park World Heritage Area.        We had a minor crisis along the way when we realised that we had forgotten to top up our dwindling wine supply before leaving Kununarra, only one bottle for three nights in […]

So here we are six week into the adventure and hopefully six weeks wiser. What have we learn’t so far? It is a long way between things. This one seems a bit obvious, but we now think nothing of driving for 500 or more kilometres in one day to get from one place to another. […]

We entered Western Australia, where we will spend most of the next five months.  Our first stop was 2 nights in Kununarra in an amazingly busy campground full of nomads and Britz vans… peak season in the top end.  For us it was time to catch up, reorganise, and get back into schooling after the […]

Our week at Bullo River Station has surpassed all our expectations.   Bullo is a working cattle farm of 160,000 hectors (1600 square km, 3 times the size of Singapore) and 8000 head of cattle in incredible wide open spaces of wild pastoral land, scattered with boabs, surrounded by escarpments and mountains, with usual crocodile infested rivers […]

We spent 3 nights in Nitmiluk National Park known to most of us as Katherine Gorge.  This was just a few quiet days to catch up with some school work, washing, repairs, and generally slow down a little and take a breath.         We did manage to walk 12k with the kids to […]

On July 10 we reluctantly left Arnhem Land and recrossed the East Alligator River.     Ubirr is a rocky outcrop with views of the surrounding wetlands and escarpments.  From there we watched a spectacular, but crowded sunset (it is school holiday and peak tourist time for Kakadu in July).   We camped in the […]

Coober Pedy When we got to Coober Pedy we drove to our hotel and we stayed in an underground hotel and you could go on top of all the rooms and it was really nice to watch the sunset.      Uluru and the Olgas We walked around the base of Uluru which was 10km long […]

DUBBO In Dubbo we stayed at the Zoo and we fed carrots to a giraffe called Kindu and we saw someone feeding a Black Rhino. We learnt that black rhinos feed from trees and shrubs and have a thing like a finger to help get the food in their mouths and white rhinos have a […]

Apologies but way too many photos in this post! Arnhem Land has been a real treat. Unspoilt, massive, dramatic wilderness. We stayed at Davidsons Safari Lodge and have been spoilt rotten. It is going to be hard to recrossed the East Alligator River and return to camping!               Davidson’s was glamping accommodation (with a definate emphasis […]

Our top end adventure began in Kakadu National Park where we stayed at Cooinda. From here we have been on the Yellow Water billabong, and explored the areas around Jim Jim Falls and Nourlangie Rock.            Kakadu is stunning. Lush green forests, massive rocky escarpments and wide open flood plains. At this time […]