Berry Springs Darwin

Leaving our nice quiet bushcamp at Wangi with the local kangaroos coming to see us off, we headed north. The only stop was at Berry Springs about 30mins south of Darwin. Beautiful hot springs and ************e there….. might have something to do with the 1.5m saltwater croc they found there 10 days ago!!! We were happy to swim there since it …

Hi again after four great days in Kakadu we were off to Darwin along the Arnhem Hwy the drive was very diverse and very enjoyable.We arrived at free spirit resort again a very nice caravan park with good facilities and settled in to our sites and spent the rest of the day at Darwin wharf precinct with its wave pool and lagoon and had dinner on the …

We have run into several familiar faces this last week - Janette & Keith Clarke from Tarcutta, Angie & Garth Crosthwaite from Tumbarumba and Maria & Ray Foley from Coolamon.

We knew Janette & Keith were coming up here this month to meet the new grandhild (Janette's son, Grant, is in the RAAF and based here). We had dinner …

... RAAF and based here). We had dinner with them on Stokes Wharf whilst Sam was still here and then spent a fabulous day at Berry Springs with them. The highlight of that day was probably Keith being targetted by archer fish - not everyone can boast being ...

... rather than west. Dundee Beach and then to Wationg Beach/Mandorah filled in one day admirably. We headed out through Berry Springs and then west and north. Beautiful pieces of our coastline, unspoiled by big investment developments. From ...

... We were a little disappointed, I reckon there were so many more animals there when we were kids. Spent a few hours at Berry Springs before heading home. Dinner was at the Golf Club Chinese Restaurant around the corner from us, with the Aldridges and ...

... our time at home or working, we have managed a few adventures. Just up the road from Ant’s school is the gorgeous Berry Springs- a local warm jade-coloured waterhole that we visit regularly. Ant’s brother Stu was here for a week a couple of ...

This morning we drove down to the Berry Springs Nature reserve, for a quick dip in the hot springs. We then headed half a Km down the road to the Territory Wildlife Park. The Park was good, but it was blazing hot outside and there was a lot of walking ...

... stayed at a camp site next to the hot pools which Katherine is famous for, we were nearly at Darwin but stopped for Litchfield park and Berry springs on the way, these were again beautiful places with waterfall and huge open hot pools. Well we arrived ...

... had already bought fish for the BBQ for dinner so was feeling just a little bit guilty! For our final day in Darwin we headed out to Berry Springs which is a freshwater pool/falls area around 40kms south of where we were staying.  As we were one of ...

... weeks off. The other news is that Ant has secured a full time teaching position for all of term 3 as a Science teacher at Berry Springs Primary School- another small rural school not far from where we are living. The school is seeking to be an example ...

... is a rarity.  We took photos to prove it.  We loved it so much here we ended up visiting Berry Springs three times whilst in Darwin. Next day was a visit to Bachelors annual Linga Longa festival.  What a great name for a festival.  ...

... . We had traveled all of about 50kms outside Darwin and we really feel we are on the way now (signs of 1470kms to Alice Springs feel like nothing once the first 50 is under your belt). Tumbling waters campsite is a definite step up on shady glen (you ...