From Alice to Darwin
Our tour from Alice to Darwin was mainly one thing: Sitting in the bus, driving up north, 1500 kilometers in three days. But we stopped at interesting points to have a little bit of sightseeing. Not that there is much in between Alice and Darwin... ;-) First interesting stop after Alice was at the „Devils Marbles“ (400 kilometers north of Alice) for Lunch and a short walk trough the marbles.
Later on that first day we stopped at the „Mary Ann Dam“. To say it with tourguide Brad's words: „A lake with no water. We go there because it says so on our tour plan...“ That guy was really funny. He did not say much but if he did we couldn't stop laughing about his wry comments. Example? We arrived at our camp for the first night. Brad's words: „This is the communication center of the town. The telephone box.“ And so on. He was kind of lovely in his way...
After a long long drive on day two we had a few glorious minutes of spare time to relax in the hot thermal springs of Mataranka. Sounds odd to go into 34 degrees warm water when the temperature of the air is nearly the same – but it was quite refreshing.
The third day was a bit more relaxed with less driving. We had the whole morning for free to do what we want at „Katherine Gorge“. Tanja and I decided just to swim and relax instead of spending money on kayaking or a cruise or a helicopter flight.
After a short visit at Edith Falls (a little paradise – looks like in that movie „Blue Lagoon“) we headed directly into Darwin with a short stop in Adelaide River.
Adelaide River is famous because of „Charlie, the Buffalo“. This Buffalo starred in „Crocodile Dundee“, some of you may remember the scene with the buffalo in the middle of the road... He is dead by now, of course, but they stuffed him. So you can visit Charlie at the Pub in Adelaide River. Aussies are crazy, did I mention that before ...? ;-)
Tanja tried „Milo“ for the first time on that trip. For my german friends: „Milo“ is pretty much the same as „Ovomaltine“ and therefore very yummy. Juliette, Tanja and Claudia have a new job: Advertisement for „Milo“ :-)
Later on that first day we stopped at the „Mary Ann Dam“. To say it with tourguide Brad's words: „A lake with no water. We go there because it says so on our tour plan...“ That guy was really funny. He did not say much but if he did we couldn't stop laughing about his wry comments. Example? We arrived at our camp for the first night. Brad's words: „This is the communication center of the town. The telephone box.“ And so on. He was kind of lovely in his way...
After a long long drive on day two we had a few glorious minutes of spare time to relax in the hot thermal springs of Mataranka. Sounds odd to go into 34 degrees warm water when the temperature of the air is nearly the same – but it was quite refreshing.
The third day was a bit more relaxed with less driving. We had the whole morning for free to do what we want at „Katherine Gorge“. Tanja and I decided just to swim and relax instead of spending money on kayaking or a cruise or a helicopter flight.
After a short visit at Edith Falls (a little paradise – looks like in that movie „Blue Lagoon“) we headed directly into Darwin with a short stop in Adelaide River.
Adelaide River is famous because of „Charlie, the Buffalo“. This Buffalo starred in „Crocodile Dundee“, some of you may remember the scene with the buffalo in the middle of the road... He is dead by now, of course, but they stuffed him. So you can visit Charlie at the Pub in Adelaide River. Aussies are crazy, did I mention that before ...? ;-)
Tanja tried „Milo“ for the first time on that trip. For my german friends: „Milo“ is pretty much the same as „Ovomaltine“ and therefore very yummy. Juliette, Tanja and Claudia have a new job: Advertisement for „Milo“ :-)
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