23 Sep - 6 Oct 2000 - Campervaning in Northern Territory, Australia
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Robyn's first plane trip oversea: "Australia, here I come!"
Travel Plan:
23 Sep - Darwin
25 Sep - Litchfield National Park
27 Sep - Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park
1 Oct - Kakadu National Park
5 Oct - Howard Spring Nature Park / Darwin |
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| We rented a well-equipped campervan in which we cooked, washed, changed and slept. We drove from campsite to campsite to explore the outback country. |
Litchfield National Park
Florence Fall (25-26 Sep)
Florence Fall was our first campsite and the first waterfall we swam in.
It's an absolutely beautiful place but the water was very cold! |
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Tolmer Fall (26 Sep)
Tolmer Fall was closed for natural regeneration but the view from afar was majestic nevertheless |
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Wangi Fall (26 Sep)
Wangi Fall was has a huge pool where we had a wonderful late afternoon swim before we set up camp at its campsite. Alvin had a roaring campfire going that night. It's been an exciting introduction to natural waterfalls, three in all, for today. |
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Katherine National Park
Edith Falls (28 Sep)
The scenery at Edith Falls was breathtaking. I prefer the Upper to the Lower Fall.
It's a breeze getting around for Robyn as she had her Mummy and Daddy as porters. This is what you call "Hanging Aroung"... |
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We hiked to the Upper Edith Fall in the unbelievable heat of 45 deg C. Robyn fell asleep when being portered around.
The Upper Fall was gorgeous and we had a refreshing swim in the pool, and scrambled around to explore the rocks and the surrounding. |
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Cutta Cutta Cave (29 Sep)
This was Robyn's first caving experince. She seems to love the tunnelling about and the sparkling limestones. |
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Kakadu National Park
Yellow Water, Cooinda (1 Oct)
A lovely and serene billabong that is submerged many feet underwater during the yearly wet season.
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An Australian Darter
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We enjoyed a very beautiful but short-span sunset scenery before setting up camp at the Cooinda Caravan Park. |
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The morning ranger guided walk was most educational. Jeanette and Elizabeth showed us how alive the land was - lilies, termites, sea eagles, whistling kites, Australian Darters, wild boars, the culture of the natives, the seasons, etc. It also happened to be the very last tour for this dry season! |
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Merl Campsite (2 Oct)
Merl was a simple and bare campsite, and mosquitoes were aplenty.
But we enjoyed an evening ranger slideshow held in the open. |
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Ubirr Rock Arts (3 Oct)
The ancient rock art sites at Ubirr are truly fascinating. We joined the ranger guided talk and learnt much about this aborignal art form. |
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Jumping Crocs @ Adelaid River
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It was quite an unforgetable experience seeing crocodiles jumping high out of the water to gobble up meat in the air, with us staring just a few metres away.
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Howard Spring Nature Park
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Howard Spring
(5 Oct)
A morning dip amongst the ibis before returning to Darwin. |
Experiencing the Northern Terrirtory in a campervan, camping from campsite to campsite, trekking in the outback, interacting with both the locals and the animals and birds, had been a most enriching vacation for us.
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