Day 35 Saturday 29 June 2019 Howard Springs to Vince Connelly Rest Area – 358 kms

Heading South again today but only for a while. A lot more traffic now on the Highway and just before Pine Creek we came up behind a caravan being pulled by a sedan only doing about 75 kph. As you would imagine there ended up a long line of vehicles waiting to get past. Stopped […]

Day 31 Tuesday 25 June to Day 34 Friday 28 June 2019 – DARWIN

Basically winding down and relaxing after a fairly hectic 2 weeks. Although it was a fantastic experience it is nice to get back to our caravan and our normal lifestyle. It is a lot cooler in Darwin overnight than it has been and we almost put the heater on the first morning but resisted as […]

Day 18 Wednesday 12 June to Day 30 Monday 24 June 2019 – THE CRUISE

Wednesday – Taxi to the Wharf and boarded ship at 2:30 pm. Bags taken from us at the Taxi and this service was to continue for the whole trip. Once on board taken to the main lounge for welcome drinks and nibbles. Our first experience of being waited on 24 hours a day. Cabin small […]

Day 17 11 June 2019

HOWARD SPRINGS 74 KMS Had a sleep in this morning then drove into the CBD to see where the Cruise leaves from tomorrow. Road into Wharf was closed due to roadworks so hope it is open tomorrow but of course it will be with a Cruise ship arriving in the morning and leaving in the […]

Day 16 Monday 10 June 2019

BRIDGE CREEK RA TO HOWARD SPRINGS 131 KMS A leisurely start this morning as we are staying at a private property at Howard Spring which is a part of the Australian Caravan Club Farm Stay scheme where members open their property to other members to camp. We have stayed here before a few years ago […]

Day 15 Sunday 9 June 2019

DALY WATERS PUB TO BRIDGE CREEK REST AREA 446 KMS Another big day today and temperature has risen dramatically and even Carol is in shorts first thing. Stopped at Larimah Pub and a guy on a Trike asked if we could sell him some petrol as his Sister on another bike forgot to fill up. […]

Day 14 Saturday 8 June2019

TENNANT CREEK TO DALY WATERS PUB 410 KMS No call by 8:30 am so I went around to Garage, I was just about go call you, part has arrived, as I said things move slowly around here. A 15 minute job later and I was back to Caravan Park and we headed North at 9:45am. […]

Day 13 Friday 7 June 2019

TENNANT CREEK Part was supposed to arrive this morning and they would call me. No call so I went around to garage, sorry forgot to check at Bus Depot. They checked and no it had not arrived. After a few phone calls yes it is in Alice Springs but had not been put on the […]

Day 11 and 12 Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 June 2019

Tennant Creek Not much to do in Tennant Creek so Carol caught up on washing and cleaning inside the van. Had another Golden Eagle Eureka caravan and BT 50 come into the Park on a Tow Truck Tuesday and they had a blown motor. They are from Perth and need to get the car and […]

Day 10 Tuesday4 June 2019

DEVILS MARBLES TO TENNANT CREEK 201 kms Left camp this morning intending to go to a Station Stay called Banka Banka about 100 kms North of Tennant Creek. Well it was not to be as just after we left we had a Powertrain warning lamp come on and the car went into “Limp Mode” which […]