The following morning we were on the road early and arrived into Katherine by 9.15am. Here we did all our DABUS jobs - water, fuel, dump point and food for us and waxing for one. We had been in contact with Neil and Trina, (Lorelle's cousin and his wife) who were travelling to Darwin and caught up with them for morning tea. We had caught up with them last year in our travels at Carnavon WA, its funny that life seems too busy at home to catch up, but we seem to be able to achieve it when we are on the road. Its great to catch up with family and friends when we are on the road; hopefully we'll catch up again, with Neil and Trina, in Darwin.

Before leaving Katherine we enjoyed a pleasant swim at the Katherine Hot Springs. Here we thought it would be packed with kids, but we were surprised that it wasn't too busy. Heading north we stopped at the turnoff to Edith Falls for our camp for the afternoon/night.

Heading north the following day, we were surprised to see the pub/servo at Haynes Creek is now closed. Arriving at Adelaide River, 170km's, we had decided to pay (yes pay) the $28 nightly fee to stay at the Adelaide River Inn camp ground. Our campsite was behind the main camp kitchen, not far from the pool and amenities block. We enjoyed a relaxing afternoon, chatting to fellow travellers before enjoying a massive meal and a couple of wines, at the pub.

Adelaide River Inn is the home of 'Charlie' and 'Toss'. Charlie is the buffalo who stared in Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2 movies. Toss is a massive crocodile who was caught off the Borroloola Boat Ramp after becoming aggressive with the boats that were launched here.

After relaxing on day one we decided to chill out for another day. Our second day we utilised the camp kitchen armed with our three laptops and did some computer work, did some washing and then one of us relaxed with a good book, soaking up the sun, beside the pool. The weather is 32 degrees but the temperature of the water in the pool was still very chilly, one of us still jumped in for a couple of dips, while a big toe (ok maybe a whole foot) was dipped in by the other.

The local market was on Saturday morning, so after checking out, we walked through the stalls. About six stalls in all, with half down one end of town and the other three up near the post office. After buying some prawns and barramundi, we drove down to the Adelaide River War Cemetery.

The Adelaide River War Cemetery is a sobering reminder of the impact World War 11 had on this part of Australia. There are 434 military burials in total and the adjoining Civil Cemetery honours 63 civilians including the nine post office workers who were killed in the 19 February 1942 bombing of Darwin. This is our second visit to this very moving cemetery and since our last visit new information boards, along with a small visitors information shelter have been installed. The visitor's shelter also displays a video to celebrate the 75years since the bombing of Darwin.

Townville is hosting the Supercars this weekend, so we needed to stay in phone range to watch the racing. We stayed outside the cemetery to watch qualifying before heading back to the pub for a pizza lunch and to enjoy a nice cold drink and the atmosphere of the beer garden.

The afternoon was spent back outside the cemetery, at the rest area, watching the racing. Heading out of town at 4.30pm, we drove only 20km's to a gravel pit, at the turn off to Bachelor. Again this gravel pit is one we have camped at a few times and we shared the large area with five other vehicles.

Sunday we were planning on driving into Bachelor but phone reception was great, so we stayed put, for the day, to watch the Supercars.

The following day we headed straight to Wangi Falls in Litchfield National Park, to ensure we got a campsite. We arrived at about 10am and thought it would have been busier due to school holidays. After setting up we headed down to the falls and by this stage a few busloads of tourist had arrived and heaps of day trippers, so we opted to go for a swim after 2pm when it was quieter. The weather is around 30-32 degrees each day and water was cool but it was pleasant having a float around.

Driving out of Wangi Falls the next morning, we found a place on a hill, where we got phone reception. There is very limited service throughout Litchfield National Park. After a lot of messages, phone calls etc it was decided to stop for the night at the Darwin River Pub, which had full phone reception. We enjoyed a meal here and received free accommodation out in one of their back paddocks, with toilet and showers.

We then went to another of our favourite places, Berry Springs. As we drove into the car park, it was overflowing, so we decided not to go for a swim. Our next stop was a night out catching up with Laurie (a friend from Queensland and fellow home brewer), who was staying at his sons place in Tumbling Waters.

A great night was had chatting to Laurie, his son Danny and his kids, along with other fellow campers.

After leaving Laurie the following morning, we finally arrived at Darwin. This journey to Darwin has taken us seven weeks, which is the slowest trip we have had for our northern migration. We have travelled 6100km's.

So we arrived at Keith and Wendy's house, in Howard Springs, our northern home away from home. We are here in Darwin now until our cruise to Singapore, in early August.