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Darwin (Day 4)
This morning we ventured out to the WWII Oil Storage Tunnels, which it turns out we could’ve done yesterday because none of it is outside after all! Can’t say we were overly impressed, the information was interesting but we were over and done with within half an hour. We ventured on to the Museum and…
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Darwin (Day 3)
This morning we decided to get a bit of a history lesson so we headed to the RFDS visitor centre on Stokes Hill Wharf which includes a whole section on the WWII bombing of Darwin. There were multiple VR presentations, a couple of movies, a simulation and an RFDS aircraft to walk in and explore.…
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Darwin (Day 2)
First on our agenda this morning (after breakfast etc of course) was to find the boys a barber!!! So we headed out on foot through town and headed toward our morning destination of Crocosaurus Cove, stopping at Captain Barber on the way. Finally, they look like dapper young chaps again 🙂 After haircuts we headed…
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Darwin (Day 1)
Everyone enjoyed a long sleep in this morning before we headed downstairs to enjoy our continental breakfast that is included with our room. After breakfast and everyone was ready to hit the town, we ventured out for a bit of a drive. First stop was the Information Centre to get a few more ideas for…
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Mary River – Darwin
We were quite happy to leave Mary River this morning having been a bit less than impressed with our accommodation. As Darwin was only just over an hour up the road, we decided to make a few stops on the way. First, we stopped at Fogg Dam and did the woodlands to wetlands walk which…
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Mary River (Day 1)
Today we ventured out to the Mary River National Park to explore the sights. First we visited Couzens Lookout which is close to 50kms away from where we are staying along firstly a bitumen road and then a gravel/sandy road for the last 20kms. This area was really pretty as the river was flowing, the…
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Jabiru – Mary River
Not very far to travel again today. We started out late from Jabiru with a look at the art galleries and to grab a coffee for “G”. R has now officially become an art collector (well he bought a small artwork from a local art collection). Our first stop along Arnhem Highway was the Mamukala…
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Cooinda – Jabiru (Still in Kakadu)
Today we left Cooinda and headed only 50kms up the road to Jabiru. In Kakadu at the moment there is the Taste of Kakadu Festival on so when we booked 6mths ago, we couldn’t get 3 nights in a row anywhere hence the two nights at Cooinda and one night at Jabiru. We started out…
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Cooinda (Kakadu) (Day 1)
We had a bit of a sleep in this morning! Unfortunately, there wasn’t a lot on our agenda this morning as a lot of places in Kakadu are seasonally closed still, not due to re-open until June. First up we went to the Warradjan Cultural Centre which is just up the road from Cooinda. It’s…
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Mataranka – Cooinda (Kakadu)
Although we were quite happy to say goodbye to our accommodation at Mataranka, we were very sad to leave the thermal pools, Bitter Springs and whip cracking practice areas. We left Mataranka around 9am and stopped at Cutta Cutta Caves just a minute or two before 10am where we were lucky to be able to…