Made it to the middle!
The Northern Territory is great, we enjoyed our stay very much. Started out at the Gecko Lodge hostel, which was OK, not very fancy, but we had a bed, a fridge and a fan (and even more important - a pool)
We spent 3 days around Kakadu and Litchfiled national parks, which are fantastic. Incredable views, waterfalls were we could go swimming, bush walks in 50 dg.C, and lots of wildlife. We went on a river cruise at Mary river, and saw crocodiles at 1 m. distance!
There were wild horses, dingos, wallabies, kangaroos, eagels, (and a kamel, which put his head in our bus looking for apples.....sounds crazy, but it was very funny) - you name it - we saw it! The kids enjoyed it despite the long walks and all the rocks they had to climb to get to the small deserted rock pools. All the overnight stays were camping, and we had our first night under the starts in Aussie swags (bedrolls)
We have now reached Alice Springs in the desert, we took a bus down here, it was a long drive - 1500 km, but it was worth it, this place is amazing. We have had the day off to just hang around here before we head towards Uluru tomorrow (Ayers Rock) Another rock to climb, the kids love it! This hostel is perfect, we have our own room, fridge and bathroom & TV! It gets better and better. (and pool, of course)
Unfortunately, I have not been able to download photos, our trip down to here has been very little civilized, we have stayed in tents without power, sleept outside under the stars and not been anywhere near a computer. Phone was dead most of the time............so very little contact. But it has been very good, exceeded our expectations many times.
I will upload a couple of photos once I get a chance.
When we are back from our camping at Uluru, we will fly to Cairns - back north again!
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