Monday 8th July - Glenn's BD After leaving Litchfield the obvious smouldering fires were everywhere. They were only low grass fires and had been controlled by back burning but the light smoke was still hanging around at ground level. When we had phone reception we booked a 4 hour cruise at Katherine Gorge. Chris and Roger had done this previously and said it was well worth it. We were following the trainline again so I check the Ghan timetable; it was arriving...

We left Darwin on Friday morning at 9.30am and it as already 28', 118150. It had been warm here averaging 32 and humid most days. We are off to Litchfield National Park and hopefully will get into Wangi Falls. I have just read on wikicamp that you need to get there by 9am to secure a spot, so fingers crossed. After turning off Stuart Hwy we had to obvious fires in front of us, one on the left and one on the left. This was a bit worrying especially when we came a...

We pulled up outside the Aurora Shady Glen Caravan Park on Monday 1st July at 10.10am and found we had to get into a cue to get in!! There were about 4 in front of us. Chris and I decided to go inside and join the cue to book in. There were 3 terminals and people everywhere. The chap who served us was the same one who took our phone booking. He was very helpful. When we got to our site the gardener was busily raking up all the leaves from under the two beautiful ...

We were hoping to catch up with Phil, Krys, Marion and Sharon in Katherine but the only info we had from them was that they were staying somewhere 7km outside of Katherine. We gambled that they might be at a spot 9km south west at a place called Mambulloo as we couldn't see anything on our maps indicating anything else out the other way. When we arrived there and asked if they were booked in the lady hadn't heard of them. We explained that they were camped somew...

Sunday 23rd June We left Alice Springs at 9.10am on a cold crisp morning of 5', all the mornings here were 2 or below while we were here but the days warmed to around 18'. Odometer was 115940. There are loads of termite mounds on both sides of the road, some up to a metre high. Some are just straight up and some look like they have guest accommodation alongside, some are even dressed in t/shirts. Apparently these termites like the grass up this way and mound...