Day 51 Hayes Creek - Adelaide River - Darwin "and the colours, colours,colours Well they just fade themselves away...." Love a Mindil Beach sunset! We were on a mission today to get to Darwin and make the most of a Sunday in a top end town. The kids were hell bent on going to the Leanyer water park that we spent a lot of time at last time we were here. They got their wish! We left Hayes Creek at 9am and drove up to the Adelaide River. We stopped in at the W...

Day 52 Katherine - Edith Falls - Douglas Daly - Hayes Creek " you're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, you're in then you're out, you're up then you're down....." Today was defined by swimming - lots of it too in the NT heat! We got up at 7 and after a quick breakfast I gave the van a hose and scrub - the water from the hose was lovely and warm too so it really made the chore a lot easier! We got on the road just before 9 and drove out to Edith...

Day 51 Victoria River - Katherine "Flame flickers a soft light Born from the midnight Strokes solely to her side Secrets sworn consumer tide....." Great sunset tonight - we shared it with some of the locals as you can tell from the pic. The iPhone didn't do any justice though to the dappled colours coming through the trees behind or in the sky though. We left Victoria River at 8 this morning to head into Katherine and our rendezvous point. The Victoria Hig...

14,000 k's and counting as of today !! Just hit the Northern Territory as well.

Day 50 Lake Argyle - WA/NT Border - Gregory National Park- Victoria River Roadhouse & Station "Steal love, Still life, we cross the border...." We drove into the NT today after reluctantly leaving the beauty of the Kimberley behind. Once we hit the border the temperature went sky rocketing too - it was 36 degrees at 4.30 this arvo! Today was a travel day. Firstly to acclimatise to the 1.5 hours we just lost that we've been used to for over a month and sec...