Woke up from a better sleep then before. I think we're getting used to sleeping in the van. We spoke to the Ranger about the road to Jim Jim. He mentioned it had been graded about 2 days before. So we quickly cleaned up and headed off. We dropped into Cooinda to get fuel and ice before starting the trek to Jim Jim. The first part of the voyage consisted of about 50 km's of dirt road. Although the road had been graded 2 days prior it was still rough as s***...

After waking up from a fairly dis-jointed sleep, we ate, packed up and were on the road by about 9.30am. First stop, Mamukala Wetlands for a spot of bird watching. It's really just a billabong with some water, lilly pads and some birds. Worth a stop none the less. We then continued east on Arnhem Highway towards Jabiru until we turned left towards Gunbalanya (Arnhem Land). We then stopped in at Cahill's crossing. This is where you cross East Alligator Rive...

Well we quite possibly had one of the worst night sleeps on record. The airconditioner kept cutting in and out and everytime Brenden breathed, the bunk bed squeeked for about 3 minutes. Not to worry, 2 hours sleep isn't going to dampen our spirits. We had breaky in Darwin CBD, got our maps and passes from the tourist info centre then checked out of the backpackers. Then we proceeded to lug all our s*** nearly 2 km's to the Wicked Campers dealer to pick up our...

Finally! After months, even years of talking about, the day has finally come. We're finally doing it! After spending Friday night at Rob's place on the river with most of our closest friends, it's time for us to leave our beloved Bauple and start our travelling adventures. It was hard saying goodbye to Mum (Carol) on Saturday morning, she did well to hold back the tears. I wasn't sure if she was sad because we were leaving or because Nathan is due home from ...