Taking the scenic route, one day at a time
We spent three days in Kakadu National Park. It wasn’t nearly enough. First, Kakadu is BIG. The park covers almost 20,000 square kms, and so the drives between some sites are long. We based ourselves at Jabiru, Kakadu’s main commercial centre, near the eastern side of the park. While this was handy for sites like…
After leaving Daly Waters, we headed to the Mataranka Homestead Resort and camping grounds, which are located just east of Mataranka, between the Little Roper and Waterhouse Rivers. Both rivers are famous for being full of Barramundi and the occasional crocodile. However, we were more interested in the Rainbow Thermal Spring and swimming in it’s…
On the road again. I just can’t wait to get on the road again … Invoking Willie Nelson’s famous song has become a bit of a running joke with us every time we climb back into the saddle for another long day on the road. Except that this time was to be a series of…
What to say about Alice Springs? We arrived here with no real expectations as to what it would be like. After a couple of weeks of the Oodnadatta Track, deserts, Coober Pedy and then long-distance drives to Uluru/Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon, we made our way to Alice Springs. We decided to stay for five…
Range after range, peak after peak of mountains and red craggy outcrops. Beautiful white trunked ghost gums and river red gums, standing proudly alongside long dry creek beds. Namatjira’s inspiration was all around us; indeed, this was like stepping straight into one of his paintings. An unexpected highlight for us was Tnorala (or Gosse Bluff),…