Trip: The Big Trip 2011
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 21 Jul 2011 | Views [291]
Today we had a very short drive from Atherton to Mareeba, about 35km. The park where we are staying is nowhere near as good as last night. There are lots of semi-permanent dwellers in the park living in rather run down looking vans. After setting up ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 20 Jul 2011 | Views [376]
If you ever go to Cairns for a holiday we recommend you hire a car and spend a couple of days around the Atherton area. There are lots of things to see and many walks you could take - we have only scratched the surface. The photos show what we did today ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 20 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011 | Views [396] | Comments [1]
Drove from Georgetown to Atherton today with varying road conditions. The first part to Mt Surprise had lots of one lane only sections which are very scary when a road train is coming the other way. We then were travelling through Savannah woodland with ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 18 Jul 2011 | Views [241]
It was sad to leave Kurumba this morning but we have to keep moving if we are to get to Port Douglas by Saturday for John Mac's party. We drove via Normanton and Croydon to Georgetown all of which were involved in mining in 1800s. The Burns Philp Company ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 18 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Views [219]
We were a little apprehensive about our trip today from Cloncurry to Karumba as we had heard varying reports about the condition of the road. The first half to the Burke and Wills roadhouse was excellent but unfortunately when I was driving (CW) the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [269]
We drove from Camooweal to Cloncurry (311Km) today arriving by 2.00 so time to do some washing. We passed through Mt Isa quickly as we are not sightseeing during this part of the trip. The mine dominates the town but the surrounding area has an interesting ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [247]
Drove from Renner Springs to Camooweal (646Km) today. I was again surprised not to find flat, treeless country. The red dirt which contains a lot of iron obviously supports plant growth much better than SAs poorer soils and they must also have more rainfall.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [324]
We are now going to be driving for several days without too much to report. Today its Katherine to Renner Springs (448Km). Our neighbours this evening are travelling in a Winnabago and are heading for Normanton near the Gulf of Carpentaria as we may be ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [252]
Today we drove from Cooinda in Kakadu National Park to Pine Creek and then on to Katherine. I had hoped to visit the Pine Creek Museum but unfortunately it was closed although the sign outside said it should be open. We visited Ah Toys shop to find out ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Views [232]
Today we visited Bowali and Warraadjan Aboriginal Cultural Centres where we learned more about the traditional life of the aboriginal people and their current lives, art and ways of managing their land. When we arrived at the Cooinda Caravan park we were ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Views [188]
As you will see in the photos today we visited Litchfield National Park with the first stop being to see the termite mounds. We then proceeded to visit all the falls with necessary walks including to the treetop lookout at Wangi Falls. It has been an ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [211]
Drove from Darwin to Batchelor and the just took a break. At the park where we were staying a member of staff fed the birds each evening and morning so we went to watch them do so.
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