Clare and Olive joined Cate at her sister’s house (Nat) for lunch with a few other mum’s and their kids. More playing for Olive - she is relishing being around other kids again. We also took a quick dip in the pool to cool off from the fabulous hot weather up here. Meanwhile Rob stayed […]

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Our first day in Darwin, so we headed off to Nightlciff Markets with Chris, the boys and Steve. We took a drive by our property (a townhouse that we bought when we lived here), then did some shopping for a few items which we have been waiting until we reached the big city. In the […]

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We hiked 2.5 km to the spectacular Florence Falls from the Buley Rockholes, where we beat the crowds again and took a swim in the large pool under the twin falls. We took the rest of the morning to drive the 100 or so kilometres up to Darwin, with a short stop at Noonamah for […]

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On our way to Litchfield Park, we passed through the town of Batchelor and visited a butterfly farm. As a bonus for Olive they also had a petting zoo, so she got to see plenty of rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks, chickens, peacocks, turtles and a pig. We have spent many days previously here at Litchfield when we were living in […]

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We spent the day in and out of the warm water. Olive cannot get enough of it. There is not much else to do here anyway. It is very tiring being in the warm water for too long - We will sleep we tonight. Occasionally we took a dunk in the cool river running next […]

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Douglas Hot Springs is a 40 km diversion off the Stuart Highway, including 7 km of pretty good dirt road. We have visited other hot springs recently, but this is a special treat for Olive who does not get a bath often enough. The campground is set in lovely bushland, and we settled on a […]

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Leaving Edith falls we needed to recharge our batteries (literally) and restock our grocery supplies. Only a short drive north was Pine Creek, a small old gold mining town, now at the tourist crossroads leading into Kakadu. We found a small grassy caravan park with friendly neighbours, and hung out here all afternoon. We took […]

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