18/7/14 - Well that was our last night in WA and it was a peaceful one, we enjoyed looking at the stars before retiring to bed. The last 50 odd Kms of Duncan Road has lots of rocky areas as well as flood dips. We were just saying how the tyres take a beating on … Continue reading Back into Northern Territory
Duncan Road
17/7/14 - Now we should have paid attention to the name of the rest area we stayed at last night. The words, cliff and lookout should have set off some sort of warning in our heads. But it was getting late, dark and we needed to stop so it didn't jell. The moment we stepped … Continue reading Duncan Road
WA – Ngumpan Cliff Lookout
Ngumpan Cliff Lookout - T, B, F, BR, OR, D. 96 km SE of Fitzroy Crossing, or 192 W of Halls Creek. Large area, well off the road. We pulled in pretty late and it was blowing a gale.Table, chairs, shelter, toilets. Area is a bit exposed to the elements. Rating - 3
Horizontal Waterfalls
16/7/14 - Wow wow wow, what an awesome day. We as well as everyone who did the trip loved it. We parked the Ute and trailer at the Derby airport before boarding our 14 seater sea plane. We got to sit in the back by ourselves with plenty of leg room 🙂 it was a … Continue reading Horizontal Waterfalls
Broome and Camel Rides
15/7/14 - We had a morning camel ride today with Redsun Camels. Really great friendly bunch of people, they did a great job. We got a camel called Coco, she is the Alfa female of the group, she doesn't like to be told where to go, doesn't like to stay in line and apparently pushes … Continue reading Broome and Camel Rides
Broome
13/7/14 - We are stayed at the Palm Grove Caravan Park. Sites are a pretty good size. We were next to a walk way which means we got foot traffic day and night so that's not so great. The weather has cleared up but still a bit cool. Didn't get much else done today, we did go … Continue reading Broome
Beagle Bay to Broome
12/7/14 - Well we had planned to pack up and head up to Cape Leveque for most of the day and then head back down towards Broome stopping at one of the free camps. But it was very overcast this morning and we even had a small shower just enough to dampen the dust down. … Continue reading Beagle Bay to Broome
Middle Lagoon
10/7/14 - Well what an eventful 15km that was. Took us 3 hrs to do the last 15km of the track to the bitumen. We led the way with our new friends Peter and Shirley in their caravan behind us. We had to stop every couple of hundred metres to clear the road from either … Continue reading Middle Lagoon
Derby
8/7/14 - Big washing day today, all 12 washing machines are in use, clothes line is at a premium. Our clothes were free of red dust but came out with a bucket load of fluff, we had to buy a brush to de-fluff our clothes. Time to catch up with the kids back home and … Continue reading Derby
Windjana Gorge
7/7/14 - Despite the close quarters with other campers it wasn't very noisy, apart for hearing people snoring. We were up at 5.30am, quick breaky and walking by 6am. We did have a quick look in the info bay and saw no signs of relevance talking about track closures. So off we set, it's 7km … Continue reading Windjana Gorge