Tag: Northern Territory

  • Friday 02 September 2022.Highlights: Emu and Kangaroo sightings, remote Australia, Umoona Opal Mine Museum, Quest Mine experience, the stunning Serbian Underground Church, The beautiful Breakaways A nice nights sleep in our cabin followed by a full breakfast had us ready for our Explore Alice Springs all day excursion today. We even saw some emus and…

  • Thursday 01 September 2022.Highlights: The amazing Royal Flying Doctors Service, Learning at the Reptile Centre, Alice Springs School of the Air, ANZAC Hill, Dinner at the Alice Springs Race Track We awake to the news that Alice Springs was experiencing unseasonable wet weather. They can in some years only have 1 or no dry season…

  • Wednesday 31 August 2022.Highlights: The Ghan Journey begins, Epic helicopter experience Katherine Gorge, Amazing meals and service Today the main focus of this trip, at least for me, begins today with The Ghan experience!

  • Tuesday 30 August 2022.Highlights: The Wedding Cake (Parliament House), Hop On Hop Off bus tour, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Bicentennial Park at sunset. Both Kara and myself were a little worse off for yesterday’s big walking day in hot and humid, probably a little worse for Kara. Today was to be…

  • Monday 29 August 2022.Highlights: Exploring Darwin, Darwin Harbour Night Cruise. Today we went on a small walk before breakfast to figure how to get to Hilton Darwin Hotel. Knowing it would be very warm and humid you want the most direct route. Once we found the hotel I got my Hilton membership attached to the…

  • Sunday 28 August 2022.Highlights: Cruising the Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk National Park), Adelaide River, Darwin Farewell Dinner For the first time this trip both Kara and myself did not wake up before our alarm. The 1.5 hour time zone change I guess has fixed that up. Breakfast at the Paraway Motel was just okay and we…

  • Saturday 27 August 2022.Highlights: Crossing into the NT, Outback landscape, the amazing Tom Curtain Katherine Outback Experience. Today was our last day in northern Western Australia with Northern Territory our next stop. It was a quick 20 minute drive to the border with a quick stop to capture the moment before losing 1 hour 30…