After the Aboriginal boat tour along the edge of Arnem Land, we visited the Aboriginal cave paintings at Ubirr. These paintings date back 20,000 years. Some showed now extinct animals, such as the Tasmanian Tiger (#1), and others showed hunting scenes such as photo #2 (reminiscent of Kokopelli, a figure that we saw in Aboriginal communities in A...

The Katherine School of the Air is the largest in the world in terms of area it is required to cover - some 800,000 square kilometres. We were lucky enough to visit at a time when there children actually in the classroom as well as beaming in from all over the Northern Territory. The parents of those present were attending a 'Remote Living' conf...

We must be gluttons for punishment as when we found out there was another multi-day hike in Katherine Gorge National Park we jumped at the chance. It is a 60km hike from Katherine Gorge to Edith Falls, best done over 5 days but we did it in 4 (silly we know now!). So during the first day Tim decided "NO more multi-day hikes this trip!" My sentim...

The drive to Katherine from Darwin was pretty good. A lot of the roads were flooded and some were even washed away. It was quite amazing to see really as it is quite hard to imagine how flooded places can actually become without seeing it for real, and the pictures we have taken don't do it any justice. The plan was to stay in Katherine again fo...

KATHERINE (11-12 October 2006) We decide to stay this time at the Homestead which was a caravan park on the river it had lots of big trees and a fun pool with a waterslide for the kids.

Voller Freude haben wir vor ca. einer Woche unser Auto in Empfang genommen. Es ist ein Toyota Landcruiser mit allen Ausruestungen inkl. Dachzelt. Wir sind unterdessen schon mehrmals 4WD gefahren und haben unsere ersten Fluesse durchquert (das faegt!). Wir sind von Darwin ueber diverse Nationalpaerke (Kakadu (mit Tour), Litchfield, Nitmiluk) Rich...

After a brilliant time in Darwin with such amazingly genuine people we got the Ghan train to Katherine

Went into town this morning, another disappointing town. This is just really a high road with a few shops, the usual big supermarket and a nice visitors centre. Had trouble finding a place for a cup of coffee and gave up. As usual there was a mix of white ozzies and aboringees who made us feel guilty, and uncomfortable as they were sitting aroun...

headed back to katherine to go to the gorge and edith falls before making our way back to WA

After a night of relative luxury in Mt Isa, I got away early for a very big ride. My backside was still sore from the previous days riding, certain types of underpants were making life a misery. Never underestimate the power of pants, wearing the right kind is essential, my practical experimentations conclude anything with double stitching shoul...