After spending 3 amazing months caravanning through South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia and a little bit of our own state Victoria, there are a lot of highlights to remember. So here's a summary of things we would like to recommend. At the end I have also included a few cautionary items. In South Australia …
The next part of our journey involved quite a bit of driving as we headed from the little town of Jabiru in Kakadu National Park back through Katherine and along the Victoria Highway to Timber Creek and on to the Western Australian border before turning off the main road to head into Lake Argyle. Apart …
Day 29 - Darwin to Jabiru Packed up and headed to shops at Humpty Doo to stock up. Drove towards Jabiru. Stopped at Mamukala bird hide. A short walk lead us to the actual hide. Lots of information about the birds and the seasons recognised by the local indigenous people was available. Had a good …
Day 26- Litchfield to Darwin. Our time in Litchfield was ending. Once breakfast was finished we cleaned up and packed up the van. Left just before 10:00 and drove to Howard Springs arriving just after 11:00. Checked in and set up our van on Site 227 not far from an amenities block and a BBQ. …
Day 25, Big Caravan Trip Took a leisurely breakfast before driving along to Florence Falls. After parking we took the stairs down to Florence Falls,stopping for some photos of the wonderful views at a landing on the way down. At the bottom of the stairs we realised we should have left earlier as there was …
Day 23 After driving from Edith Falls we arrived at Litchfield Tourist Park mid afternoon. It was quite tropical and we were allowed to pick our own spot, so we selected a shady one under a carport near the BBQ and pool and in between both amenities blocks. (Liked the ewe and ram at the …
As we drove north from Katherine towards Litchfield National Park we made a short detour out to another part of Nitmiluk National Park, Edith Falls. You can actually take your caravan or pitch a tent but you need to be early as bookings aren't taken. Anyway we were happy just to stop for a few …
We had decided to stay just out of Katherine at Shady Lane Caravan Park so we were closer to the Katherine Gorge. After rising reasonably early for breakfast we headed out to the gorge which is a large part of the Nitmiluk National Park. After arriving in Katherine the day before we had booked ourselves …
From Daly Waters we continued our drive north to Mataranka. It took about two hours to reach the Bitter Springs caravan park in Mataranka, just out of the town. After checking in we were able to choose our own site and managed to pick quite a largish one. We soon had the caravan set up van, …
After spending a night at Banka Banka Station we ate a leisurely breakfast and packed up before heading north the short distance to Daly Waters and it's famous outback pub. We arrived in good time and checked into a powered site at the pub’s adjoining caravan park. After setting up the caravan we ate lunch inside. …
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