Day 106 Saturday 20th June 2015, a cooler 26, Katherine to Elliott Homeward bound with the crip. We get away at 8:30 which is pretty good considering that it’s the first day of a new routine and Woody has to … Continue reading Go West, Day 106 – Elliott
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
Day 104 Thursday 18th June 2015 Katherine We’re up early to farewell the Prado’s to the West and the Ollies who are off to Darwin to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary. We pack our bathers and drive 60kms north to … Continue reading Go West, Day 104 – Katherine
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
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
Day 100 Sunday 14th June 2015, 33 degrees hot Kununurra to Victoria River NT Day 100 and we cross the border into The Northern Territory! They needn’t put up a sign to tell us that we’ve crossed the border, the … Continue reading Go West, Day 100 – Victoria River, NT
Day 99 Saturday 13th June 2015, 30 degrees Kununurra We are picked up by bus and taken out to Lake Argyle 70 kilometres away. On the way we visit the reconstructed Argyle Downs homestead the family home of the pioneering pastoralists … Continue reading Go West, Day 99 – Kununurra
Day 98 Friday 12th June 2015, warm, clear Kununurra Fancy having to wake up to an alarm. We have to be up at 4:30am for our Bungle Bungles flight at 6:00am. After waiting behind 24 other seniors from a bus … Continue reading Go West, Day 98 – Kununurra
Day 97 Thursday 11th June 2015, 29 degrees (doesn’t change much does it?) Wyndham to Kununurra Woody tells me that he has gotten 8 days out of one block of ice in the Techni Ice fridge. That’s pretty good considering … Continue reading Go West, Day 97 – Kununurra
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
