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Day 28: Jabiru
Monday 1st August 2022 Today is cruise day! I set the alarm for 5:20, but slept terribly, as I always do when I need to be somewhere super early! This meant we were ready to jump out of bed and go – even the kids. I think we had talked about it so much they…
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Day 27: Kakadu NP: Kambolgie Creek to Jabiru
Sunday 31st July 2022 We woke up feeling a bit better rested this morning – whilst the wind did pick up again during the night it either wasn’t as bad, or I was more relaxed about it knowing we had secured everything before bed, and was able to go back to sleep! The day warmed…
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Day 26: Kakadu NP – Kambolgie Creek
Saturday 30th July 2022 A really intense wind picked up during the night, the sort that had everyone dashing out to catch loose items, check the tents and put everything away securely. No one slept particularly well, and it was a slow morning! We eventually got going to Yurmikmik, to do the boulder creek walk,…
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Day 25: Douglas Daly to Kakadu NP (Kambolgie)
Friday 29th July 2022 Time to pack up and say goodbye to our beautiful riverside campsite on the Douglas River! We were off by 10, with the plan to stop in at Umbrawarra Gorge first, just past Pine Creek. We started on the dirt track to get there, but the road had some serious corrugations…
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Day 24: Douglas Daly
Thursday 28th July 2022 We had a pretty relaxed morning – I made pancakes while the kids played in the tent. We had breakfast by the creek, and did some birdwatching. The rainbow bee eater is still the highlight for me, though there are plenty others around. It’s fun to watch a lazy insect flutter…
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Day 23: Litchfield NP to Douglas Daly
Wednesday 27th July 2022 We had a bit of a sleep in this morning and woke up at 8! We packed up to leave by 10:45, a particularly late start, but we didn’t have far to go. We stopped off at Tolmer Falls lookout, which is beautiful, though the kids were both completely exhausted from…
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Day 22: Litchfield NP
Tuesday 26th July 2022 We woke to another amazing dawn chorus, after waking several times in the nights to the screams of the curlews. Aah, the sounds of the north! We put some more washing on, after realising last night that it isn’t the stubborn desert dust staining our clothes, but rather the completely ineffective,…
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Day 21: Berry Springs to Litchfield NP
Monday 25th July Three weeks on the road! We woke to an incredible sunrise this morning, a vivid sky! Which was extra nice because the last two mornings we have woken to very heavy mists. We were packed and gone by 10. A quick detour to Darwin River for fuel (which came with free turmeric,…
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Day 20: Berry Springs
Sunday 24th July 2022 I woke early to an amazing dawn chorus, and whilst I probably should have jumped out of the tent and grabbed the binoculars for a walk, I didn’t 🙃. I had spent a bit of time the night before checking over the plan for the next few days – Andrew has…
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Day 19: Berry Springs
Saturday 23rd July I woke up feeling remarkably refreshed, and realised that my campground reign of terror – the insistent night cough – might finally be over! 😃 Bonnie wanted to try out her new found binocular skills, and headed out with Richie to a bird watching event someone from Charles Darwin University was running.…
We are on holiday! 