Cape York, the most northerly point on the Australian mainland. A large chunk of wilderness for us to cover to get there. Around 1,000km’s in fact. We decided to drive directly there and do any exploring on the way back down. We were on the road by 8am when we left Cairns. Our first task… Read More Cape York – Part 1 – Getting There
Day 1 After spending longer at Adels Grove than we had originally planned we had to hurry across Queensland and get to Cairns in time for Paj’s service that we had booked in to prepare for our journey to Cape York. Our first stop was at Normanton. There are two ‘big things’ in this town.… Read More Normanton
After crossing into Queensland we had an overnight stay at Camooweal before heading north to Boodjamulla National Park. It was fortunate for us that the national park camping was fully booked, as we headed to nearby neighbour Adels Grove instead. Having spent the past several months in dry dusty dirt, arriving at Adels Grove was… Read More Adels Grove & Lawn Hill
The Best of the NT. It’s a pretty big place covering over 1,349,129 square kilometers (520,902 square miles) making it the third largest state in Australia. However it is mostly empty having a population of on 233,300 people. Residents of the NT tend to be known as ‘Territorians’ and have a reputation for being a bit crazy,… Read More Best of the Northern Territory
We drove the 462km from the Ayres Rock Resort and landed back in Alice Springs. We had a couple of days here doing the usual restocking of groceries etc. We were glad to discover that we were in town for the Todd St Markets on Saturday morning where checked out the craft stalls. We headed… Read More The Devils Marbles
Hit The Toad 