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Go West, Day 105 – Katherine

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Day 105 Friday 19th June 2015, 28 degrees in the van Santa never made it into Darwin either. Katherine After I clattered through the van on one foot in the middle of the night hopping from settee to stove to bathroom and back, we decided that it would be best to head for home tomorrow. Darwin can wait for another day. We wake to dozens and dozens of FaceBook messages including the news that our caravan club mates have bombarded the Nitmiluk FaceBook page and demanded our refund and the Nitmiluk Gorge guys finally heeded their requests. It shows the … Continue reading Go West, Day 105 – Katherine

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Go West, Day 102 & 103 – Katherine

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Day 102Tuesday 16th June 2015, warm Katherine Well surprise of all surprises today we did nothing, went nowhere and caught our breath. It’s one of those nice parks where you can just put your feet up and enjoy the surroundings. Every night here we are entertained by a most impressive air show put on by the RAAF from Tindal Air Base. Just after dark the big jets swoop overhead at such tremendous speed you don’t know where to look for them in the sky. Accom: $40.50 Travelling Kms: 0 Day 103 Wednesday 17th June 2015, humid and hot Katherine The … Continue reading Go West, Day 102 & 103 – Katherine

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Go West, Day 101 – Katherine

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Day 101 Monday 15th June 2015, 32 and warm Victoria River to Katherine Ah the smell of hay is wafting into the van. The sun turns the escarpments bright red. Kangaroos graze quietly, there are four blue winged kookaburras in the gum tree above. You know the ones that don’t laugh properly and all that comes out is a strange strangled sound. High up on the rock ledges are tall Livingstonia palms. Lorikeets and corellas go bonkers in the gum trees. This is beautiful country, coloured grasses (I’ve gained an appreciation for grasses on this trip) and perky, ooh bugger we’ve … Continue reading Go West, Day 101 – Katherine

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Go West, Day 96 – Wyndham

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Day 96 Wednesday 10th June 2015, overcast, warm 30. Wyndham We’re woken at sun up by the cheeky corellas, we should be used to this by now but we’re so close to the Northern Territory border that the sun rises at 5:50am and sets at 5:00pm whereas if we were another 100kms East it would be an hour and a half later. It feels like we’ve painted ourselves into a corner.  This little park boasts that it has the largest boab tree in captivity ie it is within the park, anyway it is big and they reckon that it’s about … Continue reading Go West, Day 96 – Wyndham