After stocking up with supplies in Katherine (gas, food etc.) we head to Adelaide River. There is a lot more traffic on the road than what we have encountered so far. We camp at Mt Bundy which is a working cattle station. It is already 30 degrees when we arrive and the campsites are pretty dusty. We find ourselves a shadyish campsite and work up a sweat putting up the tent. To cool down we head into Adelaide river (the town? consists of a service station, a groc...

Today we head to Litchfield Park. We pack lunch, snacks and water and decide to drive the back roads (unsealed) to Litchfield. We get a bit lost and see a lot more of the back roads than we intended. With the help of the iPad we make our way back into the main drag and reach Litchfield! The park is filled with trees with thin trunks as far as you can see. There are lots of palms, tall, short and in between. We don't see much else other than a couple of buffalo. ...

We are in no rush when we pack up the campsite in Mataranka as its a short drive to Katherine. We arrive and find there are only a couple of campgrounds that take tents. We drive to check them out and are not taken with them. We decide to spend one night in Katherine and leave in the morning. We book into a cabin at 'The Boab Tree', enjoy a lovely barbecue dinner and head to bed. Our plan was to do the Katherine Gorge and Edith Falls which we plan do when we he...

We spend 4 nights in Mataranka at Territory Manor Motel & Caravan Park and love every moment of it. Emily is finally recovering from her sickness so it is time to move on. William has been out making friends. A lady called Nicky camps next to us in a van and William and her talk about birds, go for walks and watch the barramundi feeding. She is 61 (William asked!) and he is sad when she leaves. We are meeting lots of people on this trip. This morning we we...

Hi from Mataranka. We left Daly Springs early yesterday morning and with only a lazy 150 km to travel were in Mataranka before lunch! We had decided to have breakfast on the road as this often adds a big chunk of time into our pack up in the mornings. Emily fell asleep in the car and we hadn't found a place to stop and eat when we drove through Larrimar and were lured by a sign advertising 'home made pies'. We stop at Panther Cafe and devour 3 yummy pies (pies a...