Friday 3 November 2006 - Uluru (Ayers Rock) Picked up from Toddy's by The Rock Tour for our 3day red centre trip. Met the group, Dan and Ash, our Rock Tour Guides, Gemma & Karen, Maggie & Gay (65yr old athletes!), 2 Swiss girls, Helen & Rich, Helen & Ben, Tracy, Richard, 2 Japanese, Mekhala, Vikki, Emma and Becki. Drove through the desert making some stops along the way at various road houses to refuel. Passed Mt Connor (shaped like a toothbru...

Wednesday 1 November 2006 - Darwin Last full day in Darwin we decided to go and visit the museum. Took a little longer getting there than anticipated as we missed our stop and had to cross the road and get the bus back! Had a quick look around at the Australian wildlife and learnt all about Cyclone Tracy. Managed to blag some tickets for a free dinner at the Vic pub, all going well until they told us to go and sit with our Oz adventure group! Nice food and ...

Tuesday 31 October 2006 - Litchfield Caught the sunrise at camp before spending the rest of the day in and out of waterfalls. Firstly stopping at Florence Falls where we swam behind the waterfalls before walking back through the shady camp monsoon forest. From there to Wangi Falls where Petra swam under a web of spiders and Rita nearly sat on a snake! Lunch at the swamp then onto Buley Rock Hole for our last swim of the trip! This was seven descending natur...

Monday 30 October 2006 - Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk) Opting for the 'self-drive' canoeing along Katherine Gorge the group set off. Very peaceful as we made our way towards the second gorge. Being dry season there were 3 obstacles to reach the second gorge, these being 3 rocky banks. In wet season the water would be so high that you wouldn't even notice them. Got to the first one, Rita and Kirsten took their paddles and the barrells and set off around t...

Sunday 29 October 2006 - KakaduLeft the camp early (after Ellie searching the camp for her book with no luck! Mystery - must have been one of those dingos we heard last night - apparently they steal shoes!) and stopped at Yellow water billabong which is part of South Alligator River. Being dry season the river which would usually be high with water was totally dry. Saw loads of cute tiny frogs and eventually found the croc that lived in the billabong! Craig attem...