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Today we headed out to Karumba. It is the only place where you can drive down to the beach on the Gulf of Carpentaria. On the way we passed a large herd of wild horses which had Terry so mesmerised … Continue reading →

After leaving Burketown to travel to Normanton we came across the site of Burke and Wills camp 119 just before Normanton so we stopped to have a look. The story board was quite interesting and gave a brief history as … Continue reading →

We left Robinson River and crossed the border into Queensland, the gravel stopped and the bitumen began, initially we thought QLD spent more money on roads that NT but the bitumen did not last long. We drove to Hells Gate … Continue reading →

Moving on from Lorella Station we stopped at a small place called Borroloola to get fuel and then continued on our way. We set up camp across the Robinson River but didn’t unhitch as we were only staying overnight.

More exploring, this time out to the Yiyinti Mountain Range. We headed off down the Yiyinti track in search of Nanny’s Retreat. At the end of the track we were told that there was about an 800m walk to get … Continue reading →

Today was for exploring, Lorella Station has over one million acres and there are over 30 places marked on various mud maps for you to visit. We decided to visit Teardrop Falls and Hidden Pools. We took a track called … Continue reading →

With only 80kms to Lorella we took our time packing up. We stopped at Southern Lost City on the way and decided to do the walk through the formations. It was quite pleasant as it was not to hot and … Continue reading →

From Elsey we headed on to the Roper Hwy for our next week in the Gulf country. Terry had picked a campsite called Butterfly Springs as it was the only campsite in Limmen National Park with a safe swimming hole. … Continue reading →

Elsy National Park is a former cattle station and is famous as the setting to the book “We of the Never Never” and the film location based on the book. There is a natural thermal spring near the homestead that … Continue reading →

From Gunlom we headed south and called in at Edith Falls, this was going to be our camp before we decided to visit Gunlom, it is a very picturesque pool with a small but high volume water fall. Beautiful shaded campgrounds. I … Continue reading →