We left Katherine gorge this morning about 9 and headed north stopping briefly at Pine Creek for coffee in a modern mock up railway themed resort which was a pleasant surprise after bush camping. Continuing on the highway the vegetation started looking more tropical with small palms and cabbage trees. As we got closer to Darwin we could see burning off on the horizon smoke billowing high into the air. All along the highway for the last couple of hundred Kms ther...

Photo was from when we were at mataranka springs. Check out the gophers and the wrinklies in the springs.

Hi! We left home in cold wet conditions and by day 3 we started warm days but still cool nights, so we didn't start camping until night 5 at Banka Banka station, 100 Kim's north of tenant creek. Having stayed underground at coober pedy with no noise and light and the best sleep yet, we then experienced the noisiest on our first night camping, with live entertainment, cicadas, a generator and road trains all night. It was like caravan Mecca , everyone starts rolli...