Travels around a wide brown land.
So this is part two of our time up on the Cape, which included our drive of the Old Telegraph Track in the previous post. From Bramwell Station we drove all the way to Punsand Bay so close to the tip of Australia. To get there, houwever, we had to cross the Jardine River. Previously …
Continue reading "Week 33-34 – part two – The Tip and the Island"
NB - This post is a little different. We completed the Old Telegraph Track (OTT) in two parts, the Southern Section and then the Northern Section and in between we visited the Tip and Thursday Island. However, for readability sake I have put the OTT experience in one post. So we drove out of Weipa …
Just out of Normanton is the last campsite of Bourke and Wills, Camp 119. It still has some of the blazed trees the expedition carved. Pretty interesting historic site, especially knowing that tree and their blaze scars will not last more than another 40 years or so. So we were pleased to visit this sitebefore …
Continue reading "Week 32 – Crocs, birds, a fun drive and a mining town"
NB: We have been a fair distance from Week 31, however we have been remote with little reception to post the blogs. I hope you enjoy the belated travel info. So we had decided not to travel the Savannah Way in its entirety, due to news of adverse road conditions reports and the lack of …
Continue reading "Week 31 – Dirt roads, fossils, canoeing and a rodeo"
We left Darwin a bit sad having to say goodbye to our friends but eager to get back on the road. A phone call with Macs Tracks had us heading to Berry Springs to meet up and to soak in the water there. The discussion had us changing our mind (again) and we headed out …
Continue reading "Week 30 – Iconic National Parks, a return trip and hot springs"
Driving into Darwin I was conscious of how dirty our car and camper was. I made Craig drive through the carwash to wash the dust off the camper. Lucky too, it was filthy and we would have looked out of place at the caravan park. We hung out at the caravan park for a couple …
What were we thinking really? After being towed into Kununurra with car troubles and a mercy dash for the broken fridge, we were planning to head back onto the Gibb to finish it properly. We had passed the 5 days in Kununurra, waiting for the car to be fixed, by shopping, visiting the Rum Hoochery …
Continue reading "Week 25/26 – Crazy Patersons’ back on the Gibb"
Given that we had spent many days on the Gibb and a few driving back into Kununurra, we decided to spend the time re-organising ready to get on the road again. We did sneak in another visit to the Saturday Market where we found the best spring rolls ever. Never had a Massaman curry spring …
Continue reading "Week 27 – National Parks, walks and more rocks"
After the highlight of the Munja Track, we left Mount Elizabeth feeling pretty good. We headed out back to the Gibb River Road and on to the Gibb River Station to re-fuel and re-stock. This little community was lovely and the guy at the store was really friendly and chatty. We both thought we were …
As we drove out of Mt Elizabeth Station Homestead, there was a little bit of trepidation and excitement to drive this more remote track. The track started out as a simple bush/station track, sandy but a good single track. The scenery was very cattle affected with short grasses and shrubby woodland. It was not until …
