Darwin. Cloudy, 31 degrees. After our breakfast this morning we went back to finally pack for our journey home. Left our luggage at the desk and then had about 12 hours to kill before our flight back to Melbourne. We headed off to the park near the bay, where we ate our picnic lunch on the lawn. Then headed down toward Mindil Beach and the botanic gardens. Returned and spent some time near the pool and have a shower before heading off towards the waterfront...

Darwin Sunny, 32 degrees. Breakfast is included at this hotel, so that is such a bonus. The restaurant is in a nice spot overlooking the wharf, there was not a lot of different varieties of food, but what they did have was good. Only had eggs done one way, like microwaved poached, no omelette or fried, scrambled etc. no pancakes etc. and no coffee unless you paid extra which was a little strange. But all good just the same. We then went and walked around th...

Florence Falls to Darwin Sunny, 31 degrees. So after such a dramatic start to our trip, and for a while not being sure whether we will even make it up north at all, today was the day we were to drive into Darwin and drop off the fun bus! We packed up all our stuff from the cupboards etc, and finished all the cleaning of the inside of the van. Then we left for the drive to Darwin, a short drive today of less than two hours. First of all we stopped off at ...

Victoria River - Katherine - Florence Falls Sunny, 31 degrees We left for the trip to Katherine about 10am. We had been to Katherine before so decided to just stay the night and head on. We had limited time now to get to Darwin to drop the van off. We left the next morning about 9, as we were hoping to get a site in Litchfield, and had heard that you need to be to early. We arrived there about 1pm, and went to the Florence Falls campground. We were very s...

Lake Argyle to Victoria River Sunny 32 degrees Drove through the country side today.. Very bushy for much of it, gum trees, grevillea with beautiful orange flowers Large cattle stations, some rocky escarpments. Stopped at Timber Creek for lunch but decided to keep going to Victoria river. A good choice. Lovely campground.