Being close to the road felt like being on the LAX runway as road trains roared past all night and shook the van from side to side. Nick and I were awake before 6am, lifted the kids into the car fast asleep and packed up quietly without waking up our poor neighbours. We hit the road again and stopped around 930 am for breakfast and coffee. The road across to Bivouac Junction was extremely slow due to road works and the scenery was exactly the same for hours ...

Today was spent driving, driving and more driving!! We were all awake before 7am and so had breakfast, packed up and were on the road by 830 am. Everyone was keen to get to the Queensland Coast as soon as possible and Nick was happy behind the wheel, so the plan was to get as far as possible before we all needed sleep! We stopped every few hours for petrol, food and the toilet and before the day was over had spent more than $1000 on fuel alone!! We reached ...

We woke up with the sun this morning and were up having coffee by 7 am! The kids all helped to pack up the van and so we were on the road by 830 am, saying goodbye to Kakadu. We drove without stopping to Mataranka and reached the caravan park around 1 pm. It's a huge park and we picked a site that we could stay hooked up on. Nick opened up the van to turn the power on and found green tree ants pouring out of our collapsible clothesline and climbing everywhe...

Woken throughout the night due to drunken idiots just outside the park. By the time we got up we had both decided it was time to move on and we look forward to going back across the Queensland Outback. Areas of Kakadu are really commercial and as it's peak time there are people everywhere - no sense of remoteness here! We had a quick breakfast and packed up the car then headed to Maguk (Barramundi Gorge) about 45 minutes drive from the caravan park. When we r...

Nick and I woke up around 6 am and couldn't get back to sleep. The kids soon climbed into our bed with all their electronic devises, pillows and teddies and it became time for a cup of coffee!! We had a very slow pack up and were on the road by 930 am but couldn't check in to Cooinda until 11 am so we stopped at the Yellow Water boat ramp and walked the boardwalk. We saw a few birds and watched some fish jumping but didn't see any crocs. Two fishermen were ...