We are now back in the tent. I love being in a campground again. Outdoor space for the kids, random people to chat to and more suitable to the budget! At this campground there are lots of families all doing similar or longer trips than us and we can swap stories and tips. Before arriving we had debated going to Kakadu but now we definitely will! Emily falls asleep in the car as we arrive at the campsite and sleeps as we pitch the tent. This makes things easy! W...

Tuesday was about all things fish! We manage to make it out of the apartment at 8 and head down to Doctors Gully to feed the fish. It is a phenomenon that started many years ago. The fish swim there at high tide and eat bread hand fed to them. We help ourself to slices of bread and stand in water up to our knees and feed mullet, queenfish, trevally, catfish, milkfish etc... There are hundreds of fish swimming around our feet. We trip over them when we try to move...

We made it, yes we are in Darwin. It's 153 years later than John McDouall Stuart and a bit of an easier journey but we have followed the path he paved. It is a balmy 30 degrees as we pack up our campsite at Mt Bundy station. It's hot work and we depart camp at 10:30. Emily entertains herself for much of the pack up by picking leaves off small bushes and twigs and inserting them in the mouth of a plastic water bottle. The drive to Darwin is easy and there is lot...

After stocking up with supplies in Katherine (gas, food etc.) we head to Adelaide River. There is a lot more traffic on the road than what we have encountered so far. We camp at Mt Bundy which is a working cattle station. It is already 30 degrees when we arrive and the campsites are pretty dusty. We find ourselves a shadyish campsite and work up a sweat putting up the tent. To cool down we head into Adelaide river (the town? consists of a service station, a groc...

Today we head to Litchfield Park. We pack lunch, snacks and water and decide to drive the back roads (unsealed) to Litchfield. We get a bit lost and see a lot more of the back roads than we intended. With the help of the iPad we make our way back into the main drag and reach Litchfield! The park is filled with trees with thin trunks as far as you can see. There are lots of palms, tall, short and in between. We don't see much else other than a couple of buffalo. ...