Ubirr - Next morning we left Gunlom to head further into Kakadu, hitting the 4000km mark for the trip! We arrived at ‘Cooinda’ about lunchtime, set up, ate and restocked for an afternoon of driving and sightseeing. Being Sunday, the township of Jabiru was very quiet and we were unable to grab any groceries. We kept heading on to Cahills crossing, the border into Arhnem Land, where we got afternoon tea at the Border store then watched the crocs emerge an...

Gunlom – Leaving Edith Falls we headed into Kakadu, hitting our first red dirt and corrugations and arriving at Gunlom at lunchtime. It wasn’t a pleasant arrival at all. It was very hot and the wind was howling across the campground, blowing huge clouds of dirt and ash from a recent fire, across everyone and everything. We set up with our ‘backs to the wind’, had a quick lunch and went in search of someplace better. And that, we certainly found. As with...

A short trip into Katherine saw us receive some mobile reception at last and we stocked up on groceries. We left after lunch for Edith Falls, part of Nitmiluk National Park. It’s a gorgeous campground with shady and grassy private sites. Once settled in we headed off on the hot walk over the hill to the top pools. Even though the waterfall wasn’t pouring over as much as it was in 2015, it was a very welcome and beautiful site. We scrambled over the rocks an...

Oh the feeling to come back to a place you love and have dreamt about since leaving!! The only thing missing was the beautiful Hunters! We had to restrain ourselves from just parking up and racing down into the glorious water! We did a spot of groceries, set up, had lunch, THEN, practically bolted down the road to the springs. Even Lachie had a feeling of remembering the place. Needless to say we all absolutely loved returning to the water and Lachie especially,...

It was only a short drive to reach the NT border, although we still had  500 km ahead of us. Again, the land was hundreds of kilometres of plain. Not far along from the 3 ways we stopped for the night at Banka Banka Homestead. We were greeted warmly and the boys were given an icypole each. They set off exploring the surrounds, finding two donkeys (Don-Key and Jenny) to feed carrots to, and a new Brahman calf. After it had cooled down a little they set to playi...