After a very painless border crossing (I’d done my research and made sure we didn’t have anything we couldn’t), our first stop in WA was Lake Argyle. We’d contemplated doing a day trip from Kununurra but the thought of the infinity pool overlooking the lake was too good to pass up, so we decided to … Continue reading Travel Diary – Lake Argyle, WA
From Litchfield, we headed back through Katherine and onto the Victoria Highway towards WA stopping at the Mathison Rest Area for a quick overnight stop. Then it was another big driving day (for us) to get to the Zebra Rock Mine, just inside the NT border. At the mine – the only one in the … Continue reading Travel Diary – Zebra Rock Mine, NT
After five fantastic weeks in Darwin, we said a sad farewell to our friends and headed off to Litchfield National Park. We based ourselves at the Florence Falls Old 4WD Campground (now easily 2WD accessible) and spent a lovely, albeit rather hot, few days exploring the park. Florence Falls – We swam at Florence Falls … Continue reading Travel Diary – Litchfield National Park, NT
From Kakadu we headed to Darwin, setting up at the Robbie Robbins Reserve for a few weeks. Nestled right next to the highway, under the flight path from Darwin Airport and next door to the Youth Detention Centre, it didn’t sound like a great campsite, but it was actually pretty good—hot showers, free washing machines … Continue reading Travel Diary – Darwin, NT
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard – A A Milne. When we embarked on this amazing adventure almost six months ago, I didn’t think there would be any goodbyes while we were on the road. After all, we’d said goodbye to our family and friends before we left … Continue reading Saying goodbye
You know you’ve made it as a travelling mum when shoes become optional. I know there’s a lot of research that says that having bare feet is good for us all, especially kids, but I still prefer the kids to wear shoes—after all, there are ants, hot surfaces and splinters waiting to happen. (As I … Continue reading Shoes optional
I never realised the sky was so big. But when you’re driving through the outback, with nothing but straight black tar bordered by red dirt, termite mounds and a few scrabbly looking trees no taller than your waist, all you can see is the sky – the endless blue forming a huge dome above your … Continue reading Realisations
A friend posted on Facebook recently how she wished that we (adults) could make friends like children do. So I started watching my kids more closely, to see how they do it and how it’s different to what I do. Here’s what I noticed… Kids seem to follow a very simple process for making new … Continue reading Making friends…like a child
From Katherine, we parted ways with our new friends (*sob), promising to meet up in Darwin in a couple of weeks, and headed into Kakadu. The national park fee was $100 for the family, but there was a pretty good program of free ranger-led activities once we were in the park. We decided to camp … Continue reading Travel Diary – Kakadu, NT
Our first day of driving in the NT was exactly that. Driving. The road was long and straight and lined with termite mounds, some wearing clothing and hats. But what we really noticed on the drive was the sky. I’d never noticed how big it is before. Or how blue. It just stretched on for … Continue reading Travel Diary – Outback Northern Territory
Our family gap year 