Sir Charles Todd Memorial Rest Area – NT

About a day’s drive south of Mataranka we stopped for an overnighter at the Sir Charles Todd Memorial Overland Telegraph roadside rest area. This is a basic stop on the main highway and can’t be missed because of the big Read More …

Low Cost/Free camping – WA/NT border to Katherine NT

Travelling the Victoria Highway from the WA/NT border heading towards Katherine there are quite a few areas to free camps if you’re looking for an overnight stop. Some have toilets some don’t. This is a list of the ones we Read More …

Katherine to Tennant Creek – NT

We drove through two free camps while driving between Katherine and Tennant Creek in the NT. It was mid morning and as you can see there was no one around. Great stops if your looking for a free camp with Read More …

Katherine – NT

If you have been following our travels you will know that we finally left Western Australia after four wonderful months and have headed into the top end of the ‘Northern Territory’ and more croc country. The ever changing landscape is Read More …

Pussy Cat Flats – NT

We left Jabiru in the NT’s Kakadu National Park and spent the day exploring several areas along the way to Pine Creek including the Yellow Waters area, Cooinda, and Gungural Campground which you can read about on our previous posts. Read More …

Mataranka – Bitter Springs – NT

The township of Mataranka sits on the upper reaches of the Roper River and about an hour’s drive south east of Katherine in the NT. It’s a small town that services outlying cattle stations and Aboriginal Communities and many l Read More …

ALICE SPRINGS NT TO SA AND THEN BROKEN HILL NSW

Here is our list of places we stayed from Alice Springs in the NT, through South Australia and then over to Broken Hill in NSW Coober Pedy – 2A Power and water at the time $33.30 (Family parks member) per Read More …

NORTHERN TERRITORY – FREE CAMPS, DONATION CAMPS, SHOWGROUNDS AND CARAVAN PARKS

Here is a list of our stays while in the Northern Territory – 2019. Once we left Darwin we made our way down the centre of Australia. Further down the page is a list of our 2018 travels which may Read More …

KULGERA ROADHOUSE – NT

Could this be the last country pub you see in the NT? Or maybe it’s the first pub you see during your travels into the NT? Whichever way you look at it ‘Kulgera Roadhouse’ is well worth a stop as Read More …

ALICE SPRINGS – BIG 4 – MACDONNELL RANGES

In Alice Springs we are staying at the Big 4 MacDonnell Range Holiday Park. OMG what a big park…….but because it is coming into summer the park is half closed so they can attend to maintenance. The staff we have Read More …