Destination: Australia

Day 29

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [241]

Drove from Renner Springs to Camooweal (646Km) today. I was again surprised not to find flat, treeless country. The red dirt which contains a lot of iron obviously supports plant growth much better than SAs poorer soils and they must also have more rainfall.... Read more >

Day 28

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [316]

We are now going to be driving for several days without too much to report. Today its Katherine to Renner Springs (448Km). Our neighbours this evening are travelling in a Winnabago and are heading for Normanton near the Gulf of Carpentaria as we may be ... Read more >

Day 27

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [247]

Today we drove from Cooinda in Kakadu National Park to Pine Creek and then on to Katherine. I had hoped to visit the Pine Creek Museum but unfortunately it was closed although the sign outside said it should be open. We visited Ah Toys shop to find out ... Read more >

The Plan

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 | By cornetto | Views [412] | Comments [1]

The Countdown is on - just 5 sleeps until we head off to Vietnam! Here is the general plan.... 21 July - Depart Adelaide, overnight Singapore 22 July - Arrive Ho Chi Minh City 24 July - 26 July - Dalat, lots of MTB and Coffee 26 July - Ride ... Read more >

Tags: itinerary, plan

We miss you Barry

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Views [560]

So Barry was a nice man (can't remember his wife's name) who was next to us in the campsite for a couple of days in Derby and we managed to bump into him since in Halls Creek.  He was a nice man, always good for a story and actually helped us kill a ... Read more >

Day 26

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [224]

Today we visited Bowali and Warraadjan Aboriginal Cultural Centres where we learned more about the traditional life of the aboriginal people and their current lives, art and ways of managing their land. When we arrived at the Cooinda Caravan park we were ... Read more >

Photos: Kakadu - Cooinda

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Photo Gallery

Day 25

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [183]

As you will see in the photos today we visited Litchfield National Park with the first stop being to see the termite mounds. We then proceeded to visit all the falls with necessary walks including to the treetop lookout at Wangi Falls. It has been an ... Read more >

Photos: Kakadu - near Jabiru

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Photo Gallery

Photos: Litchfield National Park

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Photo Gallery

The Low Down

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By p-j | Views [527]

What we’ve been up to! Caxton Street Seafood & Wine Festival 2011: Fantastic food and drink, glorious sunshine, fun entertainment and dancing in the street, what more can I say!?   Live beat boxing was class.   Would recommend to a ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, horse riding, nimbin, pbr 2011, pelicans, seafood, sunsets, sydney, taronga zoo, whale watching

Photos: The Low Down

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 | By p-j | Photo Gallery

Photos: Horizontal Falls

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Batchelor bird feeding time.

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Photo Gallery

Day 24

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By thewoodies | Views [194]

Drove from Darwin to Batchelor and the just took a break. At the park where we were staying a member of staff fed the birds each evening and morning so we went to watch them do so.