After Darwin, the next stop was Kakadu. We had heard a lot about Kakadu, both positive and negative, but we were keen to try for ourselves and see. The owner of the caravan park at Litchfield, when asked what is the essential things to see, replied, "Kakadu? Kaka-don't! Litchfield has everything Kakdu has, but better." But then, he may have been biased. On the way to Kakadu, we decided to do the Jumping Crocodile cruise. This was a cruise in a crocodile infeste...

Before we got to Darwin many people had warned us it was very difficult, as well as expensive, to find a spot in a caravan park, and we would have to book ahead. After our experience at Katherine, I thought it would be safer to do this, and secured a spot in a caravan park about 15 Kms out of town - the only one that could confirm a spot for us. The caravan park was very expensive, but very nice, and packed to the hilt like sardines. So we took the bike down and...

Springs, Rivers, Waterfalls and Gorges As mentioned last entry, as we headed north the dry dusty country became progressively more green and lush, despite us being in the dry season. And water plays a huge role in this area, in various forms. Our first encounter was the hot springs at Mataranka. This runs at a constant 30 to 32 degrees all day, all night, all year. At Bitter Springs the warm water flows gently, and if you hold onto a noodle and relax, you can s...

Territory Trekking We left Mt Isa at midday and continued down the Barkly Highway. Two hundred kms of nothing, then a town called Camoweel. I say a town, but it was more like a petrol station and a pub. Fuelled up and continued. Twenty kms later we hit the border of the Northern Territory. We had been preceded by a group of four young men in a "Juicy" van having a little party, with music and all, in front of the sign, and recording it on video for posterity. ...