Day 43: Mataranka to Tennant Creek We are getting really good at these early departures. We were on the road by 8am once again. Darren had a fleeting thought of driving all the way to the Queensland border today, but thankfully I managed to convince him otherwise this time. We do have a couple of days of long, arduous driving but I'd prefer to add an extra stop rather than push ourselves too far one day in order to save time the following. The drive was fai...

Day 43: Batchelor to Mataranka We made the trek to slightly cooler temperatures today. We were successful in getting away early, making our departure at 7.50am. The drive took about 4 hours, with Brandon and I suffering with the sun bearing through our side of the car for the whole trip down. We arrived at the caravan park by 12pm, set up and ate lunch before watching the barramundi being fed in the parks lagoon. Brandon and Micaela put their hands up to hav...

Day 42: Litchfield National Park, Day 2 We had a little bit of a slow start this morning after Darren was up in the early hours of the morning with a headache and Micaela was up just before dawn with a touch of diarrhea, so a sleep in was needed by all. I got up and went to put a load of washing on before going back to bed. Brandon was up not long after I got back so I put a DVD on for the kids to watch in bed allowing Darren more of an opportunity to get rid ...

Day 41: Litchfield National Park I am so tired today, a full day in the sun with a few swims and a couple of walks has taken it out of me. We started the day with a walk over Wangi Falls and treated ourselves to a cooling swim at the end. Micaela, Ethan and I started swimming over to the waterfalls but Ethan freaked because the water went really dark due to the thick covering of leaves and twigs on the creek bed. We turned around then Micaela swam out with Da...

Day 40: Darwin to Batchelor It was a little sad to leave our camp site this morning. We had become quite friendly with our neighbours across the way and they were disappointed to see us leave, we had also just met another family last night who are also travelling the country. Our highlight this morning though was when Ethan's tooth fell out. He had just mentioned to me that his tooth was really loose when he went to the amenities block to brush his teeth. ...