Hi there. After 10 wonderful days in Darwin (the one place I was dreading to go) we are now heading off to Litchfield Park and Kakadu where we shall endeavour to write another blog but are unsure of reception there. There was a blog which had a picture of an army truck on it which had the wrong date on it so may appear a bit further down and not show as the latest one. Hope all is good with everyone the temperature got down to 20 overnight and we felt cold so mus...

Hi again. It's now 6pm on Wednesday night about a hour before dark and I'm plonked in a deck chair under the awning and it's still about 30 deg (with not even a cool breeze ), b*****!The humidity started off this morning at 95 % before dropping back to a more respectable 50%. After a couple of quiet days sorting out the odd problem (the fridge is struggling so had to cut a hole in side of van and fit a grill) and then Steph caught a cold of all things so today ...

Hi guys, well we are really enjoying Darwin and getting use to and enjoying these 30 + deg days. Have not done too much apart from driving about and buying essential supplies (prawns and wine etc.) and chilling out. The neighbours joined us for drinkies and nibbles last night under our awning where we spend most nights enjoying the cooler 24 deg temp swapping travel stories till 9pm. They live in their caravan full time and love it which has us wondering, could w...

There is a bit of a story about Mike who is in this photo. When we were in Broken Hill a while back, a couple from Perth invited us to join them around their campfire. We got to talking about different sights we had seen on the road including cyclists and one nan walking. They said a person they knew called Mike walks around Australia with a special three wheel cart. He has osteoarthritis and walks to raise funds and was doing a walk at the moment and if you see ...