Next stop, Litchfield National Park. Litchfield National Park is just a few hours easy drive south of Darwin, and is home to some amazing rock pools and waterfalls. It is also where we needed to say goodbye to our travelling partners, Terry, Kerry, Darryl and Pam who needed to start their way back to the real world. The main activities/attractions of Litchfield National Park are the waterfalls, and in particular being able to swim in the plunge pools at the bo...

After spending a few days in Kakadu, we decided to move back to civilization and travel the last few remaining kilometres towards Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory. Darwin is an amazing place, and for a large city, very easy going. During our stay we caught up with Bec's cousin Lisa, who has lived at Darwin for over 18 years. Whilst there, she let us in a few secret watering holes, including a 'pub' at the back of what looks like a dry dock (i think it w...

After a fanastic night at the Daly Waters Pub, we continued our journey towards Darwin with the next stop being Kakadu National Park, home of, amongst other things, the famous Yellow Water Billabong/Cruises. On entering the park, we decided to head out and spend our first night at Gunlom falls. Although the drive into the falls was 'average' (and that is being kind) and the walk to the falls 'challenging' (being a steep climb up a rock face) the actual falls the...

Hi all, we made it......................back on the main road to Darwin. All I can say is 'what a travel'! Once leaving Burketown, we decided to head directly west, as though the map indicated that the road was mainly dirt, it would save as a 'million' kilometres in getting to Darwin. But.................the moment that we stepped onto the dirt road, the road conditions seemed to get worse and worse the further we went. During the day it become obvious that we w...