We ordered the fridge today, paid out $1100, thats about 500 pounds, for a little fridge, I can get 2 big kitchen fridges for that! But I'd have no where to put them in our campervan tho. But at least we'll have a fridge in 30-40'C heat now.
Its Thursday night and we went to the "Mindle Markets", they are famous for live busking, lots of world food stalls, crafts and other produce. Its set on the beach and everyone comes to Mindle markets for the great vibes and the sunsets, drinking a nice cold beer. So thats exactly what we did. We enjoyed the sunset with a beer and listened to the live band playing behind us with a drummer and digeridoo playing up beat sounds. I had a curry and Hannah a Chinese. We watched a performer and a singer on the a grassed area while eating dinner. Great fun!
Sunday 2 December 2007
No fridge day, Wednesday 12th Sepmeber 2007
Better get our fridge sorted sooner rather than later. So off we went to the fridge shop. One shop had only 2 models and they would not fit correctly, we went to another shop and found one that would fit, but it was lots more money. So we had to think about what we were going to do. After that we checked the Internet for deals and emailed, blogged and general stuff on the net, then headed home, without a fridge!
Look around Darwin, Tuesday 11th Sepember 2007
In Darwin we were going to the tourist information center and Hannah heard here name being shouted, she ignored it as who would now us here in Darwin. Again "Hannah!", we turned round and saw Peter again(not PK). We sat with him and chatted while he finished his coffee, then we all went to the the tourist information together. We got a few things to start our exploring of Darwin and said good bye to Peter. Might not see him again, who knows? Had an lazy afternoon on the net, food shopping and back to the campsite that night.
Exploring Litchfield National Park, Monday 10th Sepember 2007
Litchfield National Park is said to be the little brother of the big brother Kakadu National Park. We have been told not to miss this one. So we drove to the furtherest point of the park to work our way back to the entrance of the park over the next couple of days. We got to Wangi falls, after nearly driving over a snake in the road,it survived! We walked around the top of the falls and down to th swimming area near the carpark. The best thing about this park compared to Kakadu is that you can swim here, as in Kakadu they have salt water croc's (the ones that eat you!). The walk wasn't much to look at other than the dryness of the trees and surrounding bush. It was not as good as yesterdays walk. Though the swimming area was bigger with 2 bigger water falls, one at each end. I swam over to one of them and found a little area to sit in, which was a bit like a jacuzzi from the water falling into it. In the shallows Hannah saw a few fish swimming around her and got out to video me on the other side of the water.We missed out Green ant creek as it was getting hotter and it said it was a 3-5 km walk. We got Florence falls and from the top it was all tropical and Hannah said it looked lovely. we walked down the 137 steps and found a spot for our towels. We swam to a rock in the middle of the swimming area and I swam under the falls while Hannah took a photo. I got a good one of Hannah sat on the rock with the waterfalls behind her. As Hannah said guess what? yes we saw the naked Germans again here! To finish off our day, we only had Buley rock holes left to see, so we were ahead of our schedule. We only needed one day not two.The rock holes are holes made by the river currents and they were about 5-7 foot wide and some were 7 foot deep holes in the rock river bed. We sat the relaxing and sunning ourselves when I saw a huge lizard about 1 meter long just walking down the bank of the rock holes. He was after some food in a girls backpack. He the walked off looking for more food.That afternoon after leaving the park Hannah fell asleep and I drove in to Darwin. We stayed at a campsite close to Darwin. Not wanting to cook tonight and to celebrate getting to Darwin we went out for beer and a pizza in the center of Darwin. We had a little drive around to see what Darwin was like then headed home for the night.
Edith Falls walk, 9th Sepember 2007
We got up early before it got too hot and we did the walk up to Edith falls, even at 9am the temp was starting to rise up to 30'C. When we got up to the top of the walk(which was well worth every drop of sweat) the view was beautiful. The water cascading down the rocks to the swimming area below. It was a bit tricky for Hannah to get in the water, as the rocks under the water level were really slippery. So I got in first, then Hannah started to walk into the water slipped and we both fell straight in to the water with a big splash!
Once in Hannah didn't really like it away from the edge, as you couldn't see what was below you in the merky water, there might have been Freshies in there with us. We swam over to the waterfall and climbed the rocks up the waterfall (The Bounty adverts, should now come to mind). At the top we found another pool with no one in it. I dived in for a swim and Hannah explored around the edge.
By mid afternoon we arrived at Litchfield National Park. We stayed just outside the park in Batchelor and watched the sun setting and Hannah got lots of photos capturing all the colour changes from start to finish. That night was the hottest we've had and the bugs just kept getting in the van with all the doors and windows closed.
Once in Hannah didn't really like it away from the edge, as you couldn't see what was below you in the merky water, there might have been Freshies in there with us. We swam over to the waterfall and climbed the rocks up the waterfall (The Bounty adverts, should now come to mind). At the top we found another pool with no one in it. I dived in for a swim and Hannah explored around the edge.
By mid afternoon we arrived at Litchfield National Park. We stayed just outside the park in Batchelor and watched the sun setting and Hannah got lots of photos capturing all the colour changes from start to finish. That night was the hottest we've had and the bugs just kept getting in the van with all the doors and windows closed.
Canoeing on Katherine River, 8th Sepember 2007
Packed our lunch, drinks, camera and off we went back to Katherine Gorge. We got there and the couple in front of us were the couple with the kangaroo thief last night. We got our canoe and packed our things in to a water proof container.Then off we went, it was great fun trying to paddle together (in rhythm). We were not the best at first, but we were not the worst either. A couple of Japanese girls were paddling in circles and from one side to the other. We got the end of the first gorge really quickly. We had to put our canoe on the sandy banks and walk to the next gorge and pick up our second canoe. This was more light weight, as we were going to carry it from the 2nd gorge to the 3rd, its about 100 meters. Just before we got to the sandy banks, we saw a man in his 20's sat on a rock, he then stood up and walk away, totally nude. We found out later from another couple their was a girl there too and they were of course "German".
In the second gorge we found our rhythm and started having some real fun. Exploring the gorge and the sights. We took lots of photos of us two and the canoe. We had a little trouble carrying the canoe over the 100 meter stretch, as it was a bit heavier than we thought, but we did it and I helped a couple of women with theirs too. Now this gorge only had about 5 canoe in it as most people only do the 1st and 2nd, so it was really great and peaceful here. We stopped and walked up to a place called the lilly pond falls, but it was dry, as it was the dry season.It was a nice walk though.We just cruised along until we reached the end of gorge 3. We had our lunch on the rocks next to the water and explored the way to the next gorge. It looked over 500 meters of rocks and we decided not to go any further and got back into our canoe and let the wind blow us back down the gorge. All along the gorge the are signs telling you not to bank some sandy areas as this is the nesting grounds for the fresh water croc's (Freshies). We never saw a croc and didn't go to the sand banks with sighs. I climbed up a rock face while Hannah waited in the canoe for me. At the top I found some Aboriginal rock art of snakes and crocs. We canoed into a swallows cave and saw the nesting birds. The scenery was fantastic. At the 1st gorge we walked back to our first canoe, had a swim as it was really hot and we started talking to the couple with the kangaroo thief. The were from NZ and have a hostel their. We took their names and the hostel name and may be we'll see them again!
After we got back we drove to Edith falls for the night and bumped in to Peter, our friend from WA (not Peter Kay the storker). We chatted about our day with him and called it a night after dinner. Feeling really tired and happy from our day canoeing Katherine Gorge!
In the second gorge we found our rhythm and started having some real fun. Exploring the gorge and the sights. We took lots of photos of us two and the canoe. We had a little trouble carrying the canoe over the 100 meter stretch, as it was a bit heavier than we thought, but we did it and I helped a couple of women with theirs too. Now this gorge only had about 5 canoe in it as most people only do the 1st and 2nd, so it was really great and peaceful here. We stopped and walked up to a place called the lilly pond falls, but it was dry, as it was the dry season.It was a nice walk though.We just cruised along until we reached the end of gorge 3. We had our lunch on the rocks next to the water and explored the way to the next gorge. It looked over 500 meters of rocks and we decided not to go any further and got back into our canoe and let the wind blow us back down the gorge. All along the gorge the are signs telling you not to bank some sandy areas as this is the nesting grounds for the fresh water croc's (Freshies). We never saw a croc and didn't go to the sand banks with sighs. I climbed up a rock face while Hannah waited in the canoe for me. At the top I found some Aboriginal rock art of snakes and crocs. We canoed into a swallows cave and saw the nesting birds. The scenery was fantastic. At the 1st gorge we walked back to our first canoe, had a swim as it was really hot and we started talking to the couple with the kangaroo thief. The were from NZ and have a hostel their. We took their names and the hostel name and may be we'll see them again!
After we got back we drove to Edith falls for the night and bumped in to Peter, our friend from WA (not Peter Kay the storker). We chatted about our day with him and called it a night after dinner. Feeling really tired and happy from our day canoeing Katherine Gorge!
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