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Adventures

Caravan and Camping Adventures

Cutta Cutta Caves

Was a slow start yesterday as we waited on news from Toyota. Not entirely sure when the car would be ready, it was hard to plan for anything given the distance of all the tours. With only one car, even the Cutta Cutta caves 30kms south of Katherine twice in the heat was not overly … Continue reading »

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Katherine

Boy was it hot yesterday. 39 degrees, but felt so much hotter in the tropics with no breeze. Hot and humid. Packed the vans and left Mataranka around 9am yesterday, stopping briefly for fuel before crossing all our fingers and toes and pointing the cars north towards Katherine. No stops along the way, it was … Continue reading »

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Mataranka Hot Springs

Who cares about cars?? Not us, not today! Today is a day of rest, and where better to relax than sitting in the Mataranka Hot springs. Decision was made early today that we would spend another night in the park. Not much point going on to Katherine when it is a Sunday and nothing would … Continue reading »

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Mataranka – some pics

I’m sure the boys will write about what we have done while being here, so I thought I would share some pics from the past 2 days. The beautiful peacocks have kept the kids entertained The hot springs which were true to their word! The wallabies have been a great source of delight for the … Continue reading »

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Mataranka and De Ja Vu!

Well we left Barkly Homestead around 9:30 am, stopping to refuel for the run through to Three-ways. Ouch the prices out here hurt! Cost me $130 for 63 litres of diesel!!! Just to add fuel to the fire (pardon the pun) they didn’t take fleet card either 🙁 The Homestead itself was nice though, an … Continue reading »

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Some more pics

Livestock just crossing all over the road It is tough being 4 Scenery The sunset

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Beer… Currency of the Outback

So it seems that beer is the best incentive there is when you want something in the outback. Shortly after my post this morning, Mark headed to the showers and was about to undress when his phone rang… “Your car is ready” He bolted back to the caravan stating that the car was ready, and … Continue reading »

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We are on the move again

After night of dreams of being stuck in Cloncurry till next week i arose early. Craig had just blogged so was up. It was 7ish. I said lets head down soon and put a rocket under them. So i headed off for a shower and just as i was about to get in, the phone … Continue reading »

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You’ll never guess where we are this morning….

You’ll never guess where we are this morning…. WHat’s that you say? Cloncurry? ….well… err… yes. How did you guess? Dropped by the mechanics about 4:30 yesterday afternoon and at least this time Mark’s car was off the tow truck, but the problem was they had rolled it off the truck and that is where … Continue reading »

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Going no where fast…

Well Mark and I just took a drive round town to the mechanics in the hope for some good news. Mark got all excited when he saw the car out the front… must be fixed! But… err… no. What Mark didn’t notice was the car was still on the tow truck 🙁 Not a good … Continue reading »

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