14th September – 19th September 2025 Although not part of Kakadu National Park, Marrakai is part of the broader surrounding area with lots to see and do. Just over an hour’s drive from Darwin, it’s easily accessible to all. We stayed in the Corroboree Park Tavern; a lovely park and an ideal kick-off point for …
Date 12th September – 14th September 2025 On route to Kakadu National Park is Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, a place well known for its bird life. Of course, I wanted to go there. We stayed a couple of nights in Herbert, twenty minutes from the dam. The Lorikeet Bush camp is very quaint, very …
1st September – 12th September 2025 Litchfield is the NP of swimming holes and waterfalls, and you can swim in all of them, crocodile free. Ok, you can swim in most of them, there were a couple that had had sightings of crocs, and those swimming holes were closed. But for the most part …
15th August – 1st September 2025 Our trip to Kingaroy was a bittersweet experience. It was great to see all the family, but oh so sad was the reason. John was a big man and lived a big life. His heart was as big as the outback he loved, and his humour was twice …
6th August 2025 – 15th Aug 2025 Welcome to the Northern Territory, the Top End of Australia, the last untamed wilderness and heat! Our last 24 hrs at Camooweal saw us enjoying a daily high of 22 degrees centigrade and an overnight low of 11 degrees. Pretty much spot on for us. The following …
2nd August – 6th August 2025 188 km west of Mount Isa, 440 km from the Stuart Highway and 12kms east of the Northern Territory border, is Camooweal, our next stop. Now, back in 2018, Peter, his brother Les and I did a three-week camping trip through outback Qld with two cars, a tent, …
After being stationary for so long we were determined to get some kms on the odo. That meant longer stretches of driving, and what we call “bare” camps, only setting up the minimum for comfort. So, after leaving Capalaba we had single overnight stops at: The distance was 1271 kms, about twenty hours of …
3 July – 17 July 2025 Our sojourn ended all too soon and we found ourselves back in the big smoke. Well, Mount Cotton anyway. Peter had an MRI booked before his surgery, we got that tucked away and I delivered him to St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill on July the …
17th June – 3rd July 2025 First up, I got a bit ahead of myself in my last post and as a result, I lost three weeks. Hey, it happens. In summary: After Flanagan’s, we spent three nights at the Allawah Scout Camp, two nights at Rodney’s Rest (aka Harland Park), then two- and …
20st May – 17th June 2025 Flanagan’s Reserve is only 44kms west of Darlington Park and unlike the open grassland of Darlington, it has a rustic bush setting, with the Logan River flowing through the property. We have stayed there before but I don’t remember much about it. I was quite unwell for the …
