The drive out to Yulara was different again, all the she- oaks ( if that's what they are)looking like statues, all very healthy. There are so many flowers out at the moment due to all the previous rains, lots of colour. Not my impression of the red centre. Seeing Mt Conner first, I thought it was Uluru, it is a huge rock formation that I had never heard of. Then to see Uluru in the distance for the first time was pretty special, it was a true crimson red in the...

We are now in Alice, a few days in and already a lot has been seen. From Barkley homestead we travelled towards Tennant Creek then down to the Devils marbles, a crazy rock formation in the middle of nowhere. Then down to Whycliffe wells, where they grew all the veges for the troops WWII, the closest location with good soil to Darwin. It is also the UFO capital of Australia. Then it being Father's Day we wanted dad to have reception, so he could see a football m...

We are now at Barkly Homestead, after a 380 km drive, 200 of which was pretty much, nothingsville. We left Mataranka and drove to Roper Bar, where we got the most expensive fuel thus far, at $2.20 per litre. We continued on to a area called Tomato island in the Limmen National Park, on the Roper river, croc city. It was a camp used by fishermen usually, but the Barra are not biting.Fabulous new ammenities with a great hot shower ( it's the little things). Alth...

We travelled from Darwin to The edge of Kakadu at the Bark Hut Inn. A rustic place with a pool and the best price of free for the first night and $15 per Site the next.. We used this as our base the next day to go to Ubirr, the most furthest place in the park, so see some incredible rock art, under a 20 metre cliff overhang. The lookout here was spectacular, over the flood plains or wetlands. Jonah said he can go home now , because he has seen the " Spangled Dr...

So last scribe was from Katherine, we hadn't found the "hot springs" yet.....what a magic place, I could have floated around down there for days. Down amongst the pandanus palms and Melaleucas, in crystal clear water that had some flow to it. You could use it like a swim spa. The we were off again towards Darwin, there was a lot of burning off on the verges most of the way, so not that scenic. We had a brief stop to look for crocodiles in the Victoria river (no...