Kakadu is Australia’s largest national park, almost 20,000 square kilometers. Apparently that’s about half the size of Switzerland. The park is managed jointly between the traditional aboriginal owners and the parks department. A $25 permit must be purchased to enter the park and lasts for 14 days. Day 1 As we weren’t sure of our… Read More Kakadu NP – Part 1
Located only an hour or so away from Darwin this National Park is home to some amazing waterfalls and swimming holes. The park is open all year round, however some unsealed roads are closed during the wet season. We arrived shortly before lunch and found the Wangi campground completely full. Visiting during the peak tourist… Read More Litchfield National Park
Having finally made it to the NT border after five months of travelling through Western Australia it was time to have a think about all we’d seen and done. If we had to sum up WA in one word it would be BIG. There are some big holes in the ground. Big distances between town and big… Read More The Best of Western Australia
We camped at a free roadside stop called Spring Creek located just near the turn off for the road into the Purnululu National Park. The first part is a wide flat bitumen area, but if you follow the road a bit further down there is a lovely shaded area on the banks of the river… Read More Purnululu (aka The Bungle Bungles)
After heading off on the trail to the Mitchell Plateau, we found about a dozen backpack clustered at the top of the hill next to the turn off for a swimming hole. Not keen to share with a tour group we thought we’d come back when it wasn’t going to be so busy as it… Read More Mitchell Plateau – Part 2
Hit The Toad 