As you would have read in our last report we enjoyed ourselves in Darwin but left after nine nights. We made our way south down the highway to the historic town of Pine Creek. Pine Creek is essentially a gold mining town which stumbled into existence when the teams building the Overland Telegraph Line in […]
Month: June 2021
Hooray we have our car back!!!!!
Last time we blogged our car had been towed on the back of a tilt tray into Darwin Mitsubishi. We had some major internal engine damage but it is all fixed now. It was horrifically expensive to repair but we are glad. We did a harbour cruise which specialised in World War 2 sites and […]
Leaving Katherine we travelled up the Stuart Highway and turned off before Adelaide River and travelled on a very ordinary shortcut to Daly River.Daly River is considered a remote community. It has an airstrip for medical emergencies, a pub and some caravan parks. The major attraction of the area is its fishing. The river is a prolific barramundi fishery particularly following “the wet runoff”. Unfortunately, we are not here at the “run off” time. We had a fish for an hour but caught zilch. Cheryl, I think we should come back with our cartopper boat next year!
After a relaxing 3 days at Daly River we again travelled on a fairly ordinary road to Adelaide River and through Batchelor to a bush camp near Litchfield National Park.Litchfield National Park is an ancient landscape shaped by water. It features numerous stunning waterfalls which cascade from the sandstone plateau of the Tabletop Range.The Park […]
After leaving the “Alice” we travelled up the Stuart Highway stopping at roadhouses to refuel as well as going through Tenant Creek which was the scene of Australia’s last gold rush.
We visited The Devils Marbles.The marbles balance precariously atop each other in mind bending formations. The granite boulders glow a stunning red in the early morning and as the sun sets each day. Scientists believe that the boulders were part of a large formation that cracked, and that natural erosion over thousands of years rounded […]
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