Mt Bundy Station

We’re still in the NT on a cattle station called Mt Bundy Station (http://www.mtbundy.com.au/) near the township of Adelaide River (-13.228494, 131.134481).  Our plan when leaving Darwin on Sunday 7 July was to stay here at Mt Bundy for a week and then head towards Broome via Katherine.  Well, two weeks later we’re still at Mt Bundy and will be here for at least another two weeks and maybe til the end of August.  Why you ask?  Well, why not – it’s a great spot, the weather is fabulous, the people are nice, it’s close to Litchfield National Park, Adelaide River township is 3kms away, fishing in the Adelaide River is close by as is the Daly River region, and, most importantly, we’re in no hurry to be anywhere else as we haven’t heard back from the guys at 4WD Action about the filming somewhere near Broome.  We’re having a great time watching the horses, dogs, Nigel the bull and the wallabies and birdlife.

The Rosella Craft Fair is on in Adelaide River next Friday and we’ve been busy being crafty.  Michael is making survival bracelets and I’ve been busy making magic wands.  We’ve spent some time looking for suitable trees to make didgeridoos and Michael has two on the go at the moment.  There is a country music festival the following weekend so we’ll go to that as well – for a small town, there’s a lot happening.  There’s lots of history associated with World War II in the area, everything from airstrips and communication relay towers to field hospitals were in this area.  So, life is good with lots of new things to see and do.

The following photos are from Litchfield NP

 

 Termites everywhere!

 Great swimming holes with no crocs!

 The Lost City

Sunset on Mindil

 A mate we met at Birdsville - Mark from the band eMDee playing his didgeridoos.

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The iconic sunset over Mindil Beach

Darwin

Since our last post we have travelled from Katherine and spent the last two weeks in Darwin.  Our stay in Darwin has allowed us to have both the truck and trailer serviced as well as catch up with some friends we knew in Canberra who now live in Darwin - Celia & Nick, Jo & Paul and Ned. We also caught up with some new friends that we have met on the road over the last month or so and we went on a sunset dinner cruise around Darwin Harbour with Ros & Laurie and Jean and Allan - had a great time.

We spent the first week in a caravan park but have been lucky enough to house sit for Celia and Nick for two weeks and will leave here on Sunday 7 July.  Lots to see and do in Darwin - we've been to the markets at Parap and Mindil Beach, the NT Museum and the Darwin Military Museum and Defence of Darwin exhibition. All were good, but the highlight so far has been our all day cruise on the Adelaide River.  Cocodiles, crocodiles and more crocodiles up close and personal - I kept imagining them as handbags and shoes!!! They were so close to the boat you could reach out and touch them, although that's not advised. It was a fabulous day with lots of fantastic birdlife on display as well. Also called in at Goat Island which is owned by a real character called Kai - he lives there with two dogs and four chooks.  There is a pub and a couple of motel type rooms - it's the only island on the Adelaide River.

 Colleen under a 'Giant Rain Tree' - one of the biggest and oldest we've ever seen!

 Our first 'salty's' in the Adealide River

 Military Museum, Darwin

 Mindil Beach

 Up close and not so friendly!

 Couple of hawks on the river

 Sea Eagle

 The fantastic Adelaide River south of Darwin

 Dinner!

Mindil Beach on sunset