Darwin, Litchfield National Park, Gregory National Park to WA and Kunnunurra

Well, What a long time between access! The last few places we have been to I have been laughed at for asking if they have internet access!

Darwin was fantastic. Greg managed to get some great shots which I am sure he will load onto the gallery shortly. We stayed at a place called Lee Point Tourist Park and if you travel to Darwin - please stay here! The people were lovely, the grounds were shady and lush green, they had heaps of free activities they put on (not that we had time to attend any)and they had plenty of ameneties (about one block for every 10 or so camp sites). They even had an undercover area with tables so that campers could meet eachother and have a shared area to chat.

I would have loved more time to explore Darwin as we found the city a thriving hub, a little too commercial for my liking. There was a fantastic beach at Lee Point about 200m from the van park. Jasmine picked up a few bits of cool coral from the beach and was excited to see a real ship wreck!

From Darwin we travelled to Litchfield National Park - anyone who is visiting Darwin MUST visit this area it is incredible. We didn’t know what to expect and walked to the end of our camp site into a clearing with an amazing waterfall and pool below that was so inviting. In we jumped - FREEZING however so refreshing. We spent quite a lot of time there.

We also visited a few other places too, there is so much to see and we only 2 days to see it all. We went to another waterfall that was 4WD access only. Again, a fantastic site with a cool swim to make it all worth while.

We had to cross a river on the track and you are never too sure how deep it is (we don't have a snorkel on the car). Poor Jemma gets so scared anytime we go through water, she is scared of crocs getting her in the car. We waited to see another 4WD cross the river then went for it (again we are waiting on photo approval to show you the shots so will update when it comes through).

You really do need a 4WD to get away from the touristy areas up here, it is pretty fun too!

After leaving Wangi Falls in Litchfield we were headed for Timber Creek until we crossed the Victoria River in Gregory National Park. There is a roadhouse on the river with a van park and the whole area is surrounded by red rock cliffs - we were speechless. We decided to stay a couple of nights as the scenery was so fantastic. Greg got some great shots at dawn and sunset (which again will go into the gallery when approval is granted gggrrrr) and on the second day he and Jasmine went up in a helicopter. We were worried about how Jasmine would go, needlessly! She thought it was fantastic and snapped away the whole time. The only problem was that Jemma got upset she didn't get to go up too, we told her she was too little and might fall out of the chopper (it had no doors). Late that evening Jemma came up to us, put her hands on her hips and remarked "Look Mummy, I bigger now," not knowing where she was going I fell into the trap of agreeing with her to which she responded "I go on the helicopter now?"

Back on the road again and we finally travelled into Western Australia. At the border we lost our honey, seed pods Jasmine had been collecting, a bit of Paperbark she was also collecting, all our fruit and the veg I hadn't yet thrown out. Jaz didn't like the border patrol man very much! She cheered up when he gave her an info pack on cane toads though.

We are now in Kunnunurra and this is the first powered site we have had for a while so I have been able to catch up with family, emails and the journal. Kunnunurra is only a short distance from the border however the difference in scenery is amazing. The rugged cliffs of the Territory have turned into "blobby mountains" as Greg put it. We spent the morning 4WDing which was great until we came to the biggest creek crossing yet

We met Alan and Robyn who were also waiting for someone else to cross first! Eventually a tour bus arrived and while they didn't go through the driver gave us all enough confidence to make the path through.

This is yet another fantastic place and we are off to explore some more!