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Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [161]
An early start today as the Jeep had its wheels rotated etc so more time spent at Casuarina Square (the mall). We then went into Darwin where I was able to get a copy of a marriage certificate I wanted for my family history research from Births, Marriages ... Read more >
Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [153]
This morning we went to the Territory Craft Gallery near the Museum & Art Gallery but they had a limited range of items. Our next stop was Framed a large, privately run gallery that had a range of different art items including paintings, jewellery ... Read more >
Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [119]
Well we finally have internet access again thanks to the tech support people at a Telstra agency in Katherine. Don't know why we had a problem just glad to be back online. Technology is great when it works but thank goodness John has written a diary so ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [197] | Comments [2]
Hi everyone The folks are having some issues with their internet connection, so may not be able to update for a few days. They hope to sort it out when they reach Katherine, so check back soon and they'll fill you in! Alicia
Wednesday, 6 Jul 2011 | Views [175] | Comments [1]
Nothing to report. We just had a relaxing day not doing anything much.
Tuesday, 5 Jul 2011 | Views [323] | Comments [1]
This morning we spent some time organising a car service and wheel rotation to ensure the Jeep keeps moving. We visited the Darwin botanical gardens which have a tropical focus although not many Australian native plants. It was very green and lush with ... Read more >
Monday, 4 Jul 2011 | Views [231]
Finally caught up with washing and cleaning then headed into central Darwin. Visited the NT Library to do some family history research. The library is located in the wonderful NT Parliment House building. The librarian was unable to help me but gave advice ... Read more >
Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [226]
Not much to report. The drive from Katherine to Darwin involved more hill climbs and slightly windy road but with regular passing lanes we didn't hold anyone up for too long. There were a number of flowering native plants along the road verges including ... Read more >
Saturday, 2 Jul 2011 | Views [288] | Comments [2]
This morning we visited the Katherine Museum which had a range of interesting material about people and events that happened in and around Katherine, including the fact that the town was bombed during the second world war, as well as Darwin. There was ... Read more >
Saturday, 2 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [276]
Slept in this morning so it was about 11 o'clock before we got to Katherine after a 115km drive. The Knott's Crossing Resort Caravan Park has lots of palms, bougainvilleas and other tropical plants growing as well as native trees. Katherine is quite ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [261] | Comments [2]
Woken by the birds before dawn and so ready to go early.
Fortunately the battery is still working, so hopefully we just were drawing too
much power as we didn’t disconnect the car at the marbles. It was a short drive to Mataranka and we were
here ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [243]
Fortunately a couple parked across the campground from us
had jumper leads suitable for a 4 wheel drive and the know how to use them.
They had to drive to Darwin that day but were quite happy to help and stop for
a chat. We have found ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [228]
An early start was needed today as we had a 406km drive from
Alice Springs to Devil’s Marbles, which is a low fee camp area, and you need to
get there early to get a spot. No internet access till tomorrow (Wednesday). Not much to report except ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 27 Jun 2011 | Views [264]
Had a quieter day today – tidied van, went shopping for
food, visited Papunya-Tula aboriginal art gallery (which represents the
remaining artists that started the dot painting on boards in the 1970s) and had
lunch at a nice little café. Then ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Views [297]
We made an early start
today as we were heading for Glen Helen Gorge (132km from Alice
Springs). Our first stop was at Serpentine Gorge ( a very rough road into the
gorge) where without realising the climb involved we decided to head up ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 26 Jun 2011 | Views [508] | Comments [1]
Today we visited the Alice Springs Desert Park - a great
Alice venue. The bird display at 10am was fantastic. Birds including galahs, a
magpie, owl and kites flew around the venue and over the heads of spectators
and the presenter. They had ... Read more >
Saturday, 25 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
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