Seventeen Seventy and Agnes Water

Another big day in the car rewarded with beautiful coastline. The weather was gorgeous and we had a lazy few days by the beach and river. Lola finally got Rex where she wanted him Unfortunately the heavens opened just as we were about to start packing up and followed us all the way south to Brisbane.

Airlie Beach

The Whitsunday's were just what we needed after three days in the car. We did a tour out to the reef to do some snorkelling and have a look around the islands. The snorkelling and weather was beautiful and so was Whitehaven beach, even if our beach attire was a bit dodgy.

East Coast here we come

After leaving Alice we spent a crazy three days on the road, running to the east coast. We first stopped at Barkly Homestead and was greeted by the most amazing storm. The next day we made it into Queensland and stayed at Julia Creek, where we were inundated by green tree frogs. Finally on day three we pulled into Airlie Beach for a few days of well earned rest.

Back to Alice

We went back to Alice for two weeks work before heading to the East Coast. This gave us the opportunity to go out to Ross River Station and N'Dhala Gorge, which we missed last time. The gorge has some amazing aboriginal rock carvings and Lola spotted our first wild camels. The kids loved the Desert Park and so we couldn't leave without another visit.

Devil's Marbles

We were heading back to Alice for one last work stint and so camped at the Devil's Marbles overnight. It was great to see the sun set and rise over them, the colours were incredible. The flies were pretty crazy too!

Mataranka

We stayed in the National Park outside of town, there were swimming pontoons and the usual signs about croc controls but it felt dodgy. Because there was no one else around we couldn't do our usual trick of letting other people go in first. It was very hot and in the end we did have a quick dip, but none of us felt comfortable about it and so didn't go in the river again. The springs were lovely though and although a bit warmer than the river, it felt safer!

Litchfield National Park

Tim and I loved Litchfield last time we were in Darwin and were keen to show the kids. We also knew there would be lots of beautiful swimming spots. The kids had a ball exploring Buley Rock Holes and I think that was everyones favourite. We also explored the rock formations of The Lost City and the many termite mounds.