After our spare tyre adventures we stopped for some lunch along the river in Doomagee where we got to meet some of the local kids heading out for a swim. Apparently it was safe to swim along the causeway but not in the river. I don’t think I would be chancing it but when weContinue reading “Burketown”
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Seven Emu Station to Hells Gate
We were back on the corrugated dirt road again as we left Seven Emu station and our plan for the day was to see how far we wanted to drive. Our next destination for a planned stop was to be Burketown but that was 450km away and on dirt road with creek crossings and washContinue reading “Seven Emu Station to Hells Gate”
Seven Emu Station
After King Ash Bay not really living up our expectations the hunt for a secluded riverside camp continued. Tim found a station situated about 140kms down the road with secluded campsites on a cliff overlooking the Robinson River. To get there we had to leave the Savannah way and travel another 20kms down another dirtContinue reading “Seven Emu Station”
King Ash Bay
Advertised as 500 acres on the banks of a river with camping options for all, King Ash Bay looked on paper like a good place for our next stop. This coupled with Sarah’s brother Brendon’s enthusiastic following of a you tube show that is filmed there and shows guys fishing and crabbing meant that weContinue reading “King Ash Bay”
Butterfly Springs
The road from Roper Bar to our next stop Butterfly Springs was better than the dirt section of the road we travelled to Roper Bar so the 200km trip took us about 4 hours. Butterfly Springs was situated in the Limmen National Park so the campsite was a primitive one with drop toilets and noContinue reading “Butterfly Springs”
Roper Bar
It wasn’t far out of Mataranka that our bitumen road narrowed to one lane with the obligatory sign warning us to get off of the road when we saw a bigger truck coming the opposite direction! I am not quite sure what else anyone would ever do other than get out of the way butContinue reading “Roper Bar”
Mataranka
We only had 60kms to drive to get to our next destination of Mataranka so it wasn’t going to be a tough day. Mataranka is famous for its hot springs and as it’s on the road between Darwin and Alice Springs we knew it was going to be busy. The number of cars that weContinue reading “Mataranka”
Alice Springs to Mataranka
So in the end first meal of “real food” was steak and chips and salad in the restaurant at the hotel. Exhaustion pretty much prevented us from venturing anywhere else that first night and the next morning we went to the buffet breakfast and ate and ate and ate. I don’t think either of usContinue reading “Alice Springs to Mataranka”
Day 17 Simpson’s Gap to Alice
Our bodies were definitely complaining when we strapped on our packs to start the last stage of the hike. As we were completing it over two days we took our time getting up and went for a little look at Simpson’s gap before we left. Back on the trail we were pretty relaxed and lookingContinue reading “Day 17 Simpson’s Gap to Alice”
Day 16 Jay Creek to Simpson’s Gap
With possibly one of the hardest sections behind us we awoke with a feeling of being in the home stretch. It was really the first time we had started to think about finishing the hike the rest of the time while we obviously had a finish in mind we were just enjoying our time onContinue reading “Day 16 Jay Creek to Simpson’s Gap”