Waiting for the bus at the closed BP service station in Elliot from10:15pm until 11:00 pm, when most of the town were in bed, was quite surreal. With just a street light for company and a few mozzies, I was a bit anxious after the publican said that the bus can be early and if you are not there he won't stop. When we got aboard most passengers from Darwin were asleep and we had to step around legs poking out to find our seats. The bus was not crowded so we had t...

Well, left Renner Springs at 8:15am got a short way down the track when we heard a squeaky noise like a fan belt slipping, but it was ok, then we thought it might be the water pump so we rang RAA. A tow truck came from Elliot 90 Kms back and arrived at 11:am, he was unable to help us so we travelled in the tow truck back to Elliot, arrived there at 12:30pm. The mechanic took bits apart and said the noise was coming from inside the engine. So to cut a long story s...

Left Katherine at 8:40 this morning back to driving through the land of dressed up termite mounds and bottle trees, the Northern Territorians have a good sense of humour. The trees are changing to larger gums, no more Boabs boo hoo! We headed for a swim at Mataranka Springs but changed our minds and went to another close by called Bitter Springs which turned out to be much better. It was natural apart from some steps to get in. It was like an oasis, palm trees ev...

Dennis was up early went to fill the car with diesel, wash the car with a high pressure hose and buy fresh bread and he was back by 7:15. After we left the cabin, with one of the best views we've had, we checked out the golf club and the water ski area. Then we were off on a long drive to Katherine. We stopped for morning tea in a roadside stop and about 2 hours into the trip Den asked me to relieve him to drive, he had a short nap until I woke him to look at the...

We left the Litchfield national park this morning (Sunday) and drove towards the Stuart highway stopping off at the magnetic termite mounds. It looked like acres of headstones facing the same way. They build their nests with the thinner sides facing north-south to keep them cooler. Further south at Rum Jungle we visited a butterfly park with cafe, accommodation, swimming pool, hand built waterfall and rock pool with yabbies and a snake skeleton, apparently the s...