We checked into Darwin a day earlier than planned as both Warren and I needed to have our cars looked at due to issues and Warren also having a problem with their fridge not operating when not plugged into power. Our first day in Darwin was spent exploring the city area, some retail therapy for Jo-anne, although I wouldn't let her buy anything as we already have way too much. Next day Warren and I visited the WWII tunnels where they stored fuel during the war, ...

We arrived at the Cooinda campground in Kakadu. This campground or should I say resort, was luxury compared to our previous caravan parks. There were pools, bars, restaurants etc etc. That afternoon we did a small hike to a lookout. The next day we went to Maguk Falls, this was about 40klms from the campground and then about a 10klm drive down a corrugated road. We then walked along a creek bed, across rocks and over boulders for about 1klm. We arrived at the f...

Katherine, this is where we were rejoined with Lynette and Warren who had been off at the 3 day music festival in Birdsville. We will then travel together for the next 3 months. We spent the day setting up and restocking with food and water. Water is becoming the challenge. Fuel is easy to get everywhere, but water is not readily available and in a lot of places the water needs to be boiled before it is drinkable. Our van capacity is 200 litres, which lasts abou...

We left Daly Waters and headed north to Mataranka which is remote. Our original plan was to head 400klms east from Daly Waters to Lorella Springs in the gulf counry. Lorella Springs is hailed as one of the most remote areas of Australia if not the world. We had some road condition reports that indicated the last 130klms would take 4 to 5 hours to complete, therefore we opted to give it a miss as we were only planning on staying there for two nights Mataranka is ...

We left Kings Canyon early, about 60 klms down the road we saw a group of about 6 camels. Unfortunately it wasn't safe to pull over and to get a shot. We arrived in Alice Springs early afternoon and used the rest of the day to start restocking food, fuel and water, also carrying out laundry duties. The other 3 couples had decided to travel via the Merinee Loop and arrived about 3.30pm. Whilst in Alice Springs we had to get the car serviced so we were stuck at t...