The outback adventures of Smash and Trundle
We’d completed some chores in Darwin and changed car oil and said goodbye see you soon please to the Metcalfes – leaving Humpty Doo was definitely a challenge given how much of an awesome time we’d had staying with them … Read More »
Drove back across the Arnhem Highway to Darwin to meet Rodney at the sailing club where we met Captain Tim and their mate Bill, who were our lovely sailing guides for the afternoon on Tim’s awesome 24-foot ish catamaran. They … Read More »
Getting up early for the sunrise Yellow Water boat cruise wasn’t too difficult as it’s usually too hot to sleep in past 6am anyway, so we pulled in to the billabong area at 6.30 as the sun was rising through … Read More »
Woke up to a luxurious breakfast of rockmelon and yoghurt (in sachets! Everything in sachets as we can’t fit tubs and square things in our moderately small icebox) and left camp to go see another rock art site, Nourlangie. The … Read More »
After we were packed and stocked up with food and ice and water, we hit the white stripes and got on the road to the world heritage listed Kakadu National Park from Humpty Doo along the Arnhem Highway, headed straight … Read More »
Day 1: We’d woken up super early and pre-arranged a car drop off at the end of the trail with the wonderful Cecilia and the gang from Tindall so we headed out with the troops at 6am to get us … Read More »
No updates in a while because we’ve been in full tropical relaxation mode and soaking up the lifestyle in Darwin with our awesome and wonderful hosts Rodney and Chris in Humpty Doo at their beautiful home. They’ve given us the … Read More »
Today was watery heaven at Lichfield National Park in the NT. We got some lunch supplies at Rum Jungle (i.e. Bachelor, but Rum Jungle is a much better name and more suited to the jungle-like town in my reckoning) and … Read More »
We’d recovered somewhat from the canoeing and had a slow morning packing and doing washing and getting organised for the push up north Darwin-bound. Today was a driving day – we said our goodbyes to the family (we’ll see them … Read More »
Got up nice and early and drove out to Katherine Gorge / Nitmiluk to start our overnight canoe trip up the gorge. We packed some clothes and food and my lightweight Nemo 2P tent into our (new!) dry sacks and … Read More »