Sunday, August 31, 2008

Darwin - the tropical North

Long time out of Civilization and therefore without Internet. We had an amazing time in the Outback and met many interesting and inspiring people, saw beautiful places in this amazing country. Please read on below on stories of the Simpson desert and the Savannah way.

We are in Darwin, the top end of Australia. And being in a City always means a lot of organizing to do. Soon after arriving we had lots of stuff to do, like servicing our car, getting the breaks of our bikes fixed(even so we almost never ride them), buying a new car battery, battery charger, checking our financial situation., and so on...
Organizing this and that saw us driving around the industrial areas for three days.

After all this ‘housekeeping’ it was time to indulge ourselves with a real bed, bathroom, kitchen and some City life. There are four of us now, Alex' little sister Katharina arrived three days ago and right now acclimatises to the murky heat in this tropic town. Rhonda arrived from Melbourne last night, now we are only waiting for Jaana arriving from Zürich/Switzerland this afternoon.
Our plans are to visit Kakadu NP, Litchfield NP, Katherine Gorge, Gregory NP and if enough time is left we will see the east Kimberley Region together.
With a second 4WD we will head off tomorrow and hunt for some hidden away treasures.
Looking forward to it!!! While the others are going back to Darwin in three weeks time, we will continue through the Kimberleys arriving in Broome in a couple of weeks time. See you then!

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