Day 63 – Mount Isa
Originally the plan today was to head down the road to Cloncurry, and also drop into Mary Kathleen on the way. But while the Macgyver fix on the sunroof is holding really well, as I mentioned yesterday, the windscreen crack…
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Day 62 – Mount Isa
Happy birthday, Debbie! We’re back to cold nights here in Mount Isa. It took us a bit by surprise, and everyone was a little cold during the night – so sleep wasn’t the greatest. But we still tired to make…
Day 61 – Travel to Mount Isa
Today we’ve made it into Queensland! And this evening we’ve arrived in Mount Isa, which is the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Aside from that little tyre hiccup back down in…
Day 60 – Travel to Barkly Homestead
From one roadhouse / pub to another! The Barkly Homestead is looking pretty polished – from what I’ve read, it’s essentially brand new, after some significant renovations over the past few months or so to get ready for this dry…
Day 59 – Travel to Daly Waters
We’re sitting in the Daly Waters Pub at the moment. Daly Waters is on the lands of the Jingili people, who are the traditional owners of the land around here – south to Renner Springs and north to Newcastle Waters.…
Day 58 – Darwin
The final day in Darwin today, and third last day in the NT. Our Volkswagen Tiguan, named Estelle, is getting close to the next required service. It would probably arrive at some point next week, based on kilometres driven. Aside…
Day 57 – Darwin
Today was mostly about Crocodylus Park. This place wasn’t on our original plan, but with the growing excitement and intrigue into crocs in the NT from most of us, we decided it would be worth a visit to see a…
Day 56 – Litchfield National Park
We were 50/50 on doing a night or two in and around Litchfield to explore the park when we were planning the trip – but it’s only an hour and a half drive from Darwin, so we decided to do…
Day 55 – Darwin
First stop of the day was another markets – the Parap Village Markets. A really well known and loved market by Darwin locals – so much so, that people apparently trek across Darwin to come here to have a laksa…
Day 54 – Darwin
We had a slower morning today – Debbie headed off to Lifeblood to donate some plasma, and the kids and I enjoyed our bacon & eggs breakfast that the place we’re staying in had generously left for us. Mid morning,…