We set off on Tuesday the 30th of June from our free camp to Alice Springs. We stopped at Tennant Creek for short time. Another outback town where the streets are lined with indigenous people sitting around in groups, under trees and not doing a lot. Although not confronting, we certainly didn't feel comfortable there. We moved on and arrived in Alice Springs at around 11:00am and checked into the G'day Mate Caravan Park. We decided to have a quiet afternoon an...

We set off from our free camp north of Three Ways on the 28th of June, stoping at Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve at lunch time. Devils Marbles is located 105 km south of Tennant Creek 393 km north of Alice Springs. The area is important to, and has a long history with the local traditional aboriginal people. The marbles as such are granite rock. Over time weather has broken down large granite massess into the smaller rocks and round shape r...

We arrived at Mataranka on Saturday afternoon, checking into the Bitter Springs Caravan Park. No time to set up, it was straight to the springs that we had heard so much about. Bitter Springs is a natural hot spring that flows in the Roper Creek. It is around 30 degrees in temperature and gently flows south. You hop in the water near the caravan park with a noodle and gently float with the current around 150 metres downstream. There are turtles to see and if...

We spent another three great days in Darwin exploring the area and spending more time at both the Leanyer and Palmerston water parks. We took the opportunity to spend time with Alex & Jami each evening after they returned home from work, which was really great. We really enjoyed and appreciated their hospitality. On Thursday the 25th of June we sadly left Darwin and headed south to the Litchfield National Park. We were either going to do Kakadu or Litchfi...

On Sunday we went to the Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory. This was a really great place to visit for the family. We learnt about Cyclone Tracey, reptiles, mammals, 'Sweetheart' a local five metre crocodile, local Indigenous people, early maritime history and lots of other things. Following the museum we headed to the Mindil Beach Sunset Market. This market is famous in Darwin and is held on Thursday and Sunday evenings. A must is to sit on the beach...