Along the Stuart Highway between Katherine and Darwin is Litchfield National Park. It's popular in the dry season because it only has freshwater crocodiles rather than the deadly salties that are at Kakadu National Park. We had a photocopied map of the 1500 sq km area with points of interest labelled. We couldn't fit everything in during our two day visit so chose to see the termite mounds and picked out four of the best sounding waterfalls. Our first stop was ...

One of the things we had become convinced about while driving in Cape York was the need for some decent tyres. All the experienced 4x4 drivers had tread in which you could lose your arm; by way of comparison, the tread on one of our tyres was barely more than one of my chest hairs. We therefore bit the financial bullet and bought four new Bridgestone all-terrain tyres, junking the illegal spare and the two which were barely passable. We had mixed opinions about ...

Our plan was to drive from Cooktown to Cape York and back again along the Peninsula Development road stopping at various roadhouses along the way. The first day we aimed to get to Mary Valley Station where we'd read you could camp, plus there was a flying fox bat colony which came out at night. We set off just after 10am from Cooktown, the journey began well as the first part was tarmac! We stopped for lunch just south of a small place called Laura at a site ...

From Cape Tribulation our next stop was Cooktown along the 4wd-only Bloomfield track. I took to the driving seat as getting a four wheel drive car was my bright idea. To change the gears from two wheel drive to four there is a separate stick next to the gear stick, but unlike the gear stick you don't have to put the clutch down to change, you just have to have your foot off the accelerator. The terrain started off flat along a gravel surface, then it became tw...

After spending a couple of days in the Blackpool of Australia - Cairns - we continued north stopping overnight in the small town of Mossman where we visited the Mossman Gorge, then drove through Daintree National Park to Cape Tribulation. At Mossman Gorge we did a short walk through the rain forest to the main parts of the gorge. It was a popular stop for many people, some whom bathed amongst the big boulders in the river. The highlight for us was when someone...