DAY 60-61 JULY 15-16

DAY 60-JULY 15th today we went to the willie creek pearl farm and went on a 2 hour tour to see how pearls were formed, how to care for your pearls and we also went on a boat tour to see where pearls are formed. i had a very great time learning about pearls.
DAY 61-JULY 16th today we didn't do very much but mum and Adam made a cake for my birthday. later that day we went grocery shopping.

DAY 58-59 JULY 13-14

Day 58- July 13th Today in the morning we did some school work then went for a ride around the camp. Later that day, Me adam and mum went down to the beach. Therefore the waves were fairly big (for broome). That night we had another bbq dinner on the beach with our neighbor John and Carol and two other couples.
Day 59- July 14th Today in the morning when we went for a ride around the caravan park me and Adam made some racetracks. In the afternoon we went into town to the library and I borrowed the extreme adventures scorpion sting and we also got diary of a wimpy kid. After that we went to McDonalds and had a little snack. When we got back home we played and read our books.

Day 57- July 12th

Today we went on a flight in Cessna 172 to the horizontal falls we got some really good photos and the views were absolutely spectacular. Halfway through the flight we landed and stopped off to have some lunch (at cape levique), and on the side of the runway strip there was on old brokendown plane similar to ours. After we had lunch we went for a swim at the beach there and it was not good because there was lots of rocks in the water you couldnt see. After our swim we went back to the plane and headed back to the airport. Our pilot (who is also our neighbor at the caravan park) was a very good pilot.

DAY 53-56 JULY 7-11

DAY 53-JULY 7th in the morning it rained a bit but it calmed down later. in the afternoon we went to Cable beach and went for a surf. later on that day we just relaxed.
DAY 54-JULY 8th today we went shopping in the morning and me and Adam bought a lego f1 Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes set that cost us $80. when we got back we built the f1 car and the truck cab.
DAY 55-JULY 9th today in the morning we went to the market and I got a leather hat. when we got back we finished of our lego f1 set and then played for a while. that evening we went for a walk on the beach.
Day 56- July 11th Today we decided to Skype Terry (our pop) and say hello to all the family. That evening after lunch we went to the beach and had another surf. That night we had a barbeque dinner on the beach with some of our friends.

Broome

Day 58. On Tuesday we did our schoolwork in the morning and played around the camp. Then we went to the beach and it was a perfect day to boogy boarding. I catched a few waves.
Day 59. On wednesday July 14 we had schoolwork in the morning and we went to the library got some books then headed to McDonalds for a drink. The books that we got was: a lego guidebook, a book called a diary of a wimpy kid, and the RL Stine ghost of fear street. It was a really hot day.

Horizontal Falls / Cape Levique

Day 57. On Monday we went on a aeroplane ride. When we took off we flew up 3500ft high up at 200km an hour. Then we went up along the coast north then we headed east to the horizontal falls and the horizontal falls looked amazing. The tide waters squeeze inbetween the rocks making it a horizontal falls. After that we headed west and landed at Cape Levique. Then we had a picnic lunch and headed to the beach got changed and we had a not very nice swim because there were sharp big rocks and mum cut herself. Then we dried off and headed back to the plane. We took off and headed south back down to Broome over Cable beach and saw camels and our campsite. We landed when the sun was setting. The day was brilliant. John our pilot was our neighbor and very good at flying.

Broome

Day 53. Today we went to Cable Beach and played on our boogy boards all afternoon.
Day 54. Today it was rainy and we went to the shops. At target I bought my lego city smart car (actually called small car). It came with a person with rare clothes and a suitcase. Mum brought Brocks birthday present and a present for us to play with that day. It was an F1 vodafone team - which came with Lewis Hamilton (racecar driver) a pit crew, a truck and Hamilton's F1 car.That afternoon we made the F1 car and the truck cabin. That night we went for a walk along the beach. I took my tshirt off and run along the water. When we got home we called nanny marg on Skype.
Day 55. Today is July 10 and we started making the F1 car trailer. It was 53 steps until you had finished it. We finished it in the afternoon and we hooked it up to the truck cabin. And it looked fabulous.
Day 56. On Sunday we relaxed during the day. In the afternoon we spoke to Poppy Terry, Nanny Gwenda and the family on Skype. After lunch we went to the beach (Ganthaume Point) and played on our boogy boards. We had a bbq at night we met up with some people at cable beach.

Day 51 - 52 July 6 & 7

Day 51- July 6th This Morning when we were packing up it started to rain a lot but we eventually got on the road. Later that day we arrived at Broome where is took us a
long time to find a caravan park that could fit us in. After we set up we went for a look around the town. I think Broome is awesome.7375km
Day 52- July 7th Today we went to the visitor centre in the morning and then me and Adam went to Target and bought some Lego. I got the sports car and adam got the camper.
Later on that day we went on a hovercraft tour where on the beach we stopped and saw some dinosaur footprints on the rocks. I really enjoyed today. PS 10
days until my birthday.

Day 50-July 5th

On Monday we decided to camp at the Derby Kimberly entrance part which was right next to the mud flats that is flooded when its high tide. Later that day
we checked out the town and got a hair cut. 7138km.

DAY 48-49 JULY 3-4

DAY 48-JULY 3rdToday we camping at Spring Creek near the turnoff to the Bungle Bungles. After we set up camp we went for a walk around the area and drove to another camp area where we saw a dried up river (the Ord River). There were quite a lot of birds, insects and some tiny fish in some small puddles of the riverbed. That night we had my favorite tortellini pasta and watched the stars. We saw 3 satellites and 5 shooting stars.
DAY 49-JULY 4th Today we stayed at the Ellendale Rest Area after travelling 509km for the day. At the rest area we rode our bikes around a lot we also collected a lot of firewood and that night we toasted marshmallows and had damper. We also played a game around the fire (remember the shopping game. (auto action, carrot, pepsi, diet coke, banana, flour, pat the dog, light, microscope, bought the dog, collar for dog, cat, machine gun, holden commodore ss, seats for the car, toilet paper).

DAY 47-JULY 2ND

Today we drove to the Lake Argyle village and caravan park to go on a tour to have a look at Lake Argyle which is the biggest lake in Australia. When it is full it can hold up to 31 Sydney Harbours. Before we left we checked out the caravan parks infinity pool which looks like the water falls off the cliff face but it just falls off into a collection area. When we began our tour we saw the dam wall and we also saw a crocodile resting on the rocks near the dam wall. Later into the tour we saw some more crocodiles, lots of birdlife and we also saw a couple of rock wallabies. After the tour we had lunch on the opposite side of the dam wall where we saw one more freshwater crocodile (he was underwater).

Broome

Day 51. On Tuesday we went to Broome the km = up to 7375km. When we got to Broome we went to explore. It is awesome. We saw Gantheaume Point where there is heaps of rocks. We also saw the ship port and we also saw Cable Beach. It is amazing.

Day 52. On Wednesday we went to the Visitor Centre. Then we went to Target and found the mother of all Lego! I bought a Lego city camper and Brock bought a Lego city sport car. Then we went to the hovercraft base and we got to have a ride in one. In the hovercraft we went past the town beach and at red cliffs we stopped and saw dinosaur footprints. In the afternoon we played Lego.

Derby

Day 50. On Monday we went to check out the jetty when we got to Derby. It was a rainy day at Derby so we stayed inside. In the afternoon we got a haircut.

Ellendale rest area

Day 49. (Sunday 4th July) On Sunday we left Spring Creek Rest Area and travelled 509 km for the day. Our total km is 6959. First we stopped at Halls Creek for fuel and I got a Top Gear Magazine. Then we travelled to Mary Pool and stopped for lunch. We saw a bull and the bull was big and brown. But we werent allowed to feed him. After lunch we had to run our energy off and mum Brock and me raced Dad across a little bridge. Since I was so far ahead I stopped at the middle of bridge and said hi to a man and also looked at the fish then I carried on racing. I came first, Brock came second , Dad came third (dad was driving the winnebago) and sadly mum came last!After lunch we drove on to the rest area called Ellendale in between Fitzroy Crossing and Derby. At the rest area I rode my bike because I made up my own race track and I rode 14 laps around and I did some massive skids. Then we collected firewood and Brock and me found our toasting sticks and we used them for pretend bow and arrows. I won the battle. Then we had dinner and then we got torches and went down to the campfire. We cooked marshmallows at the campfire and we cooked damper around the fire with some friends we met. Then after the campfire we were going to play bows & arrows but dad said we couldnt so then we read some books and went to sleep.

Spring Creek Rest Area / Bungle Bungles

Day 48. On Saturday we left Kununnara and drove 258km to the Spring creek Rest Area which is near Bungle Bungles. We drove in there but it was too rough to go the whole way because we only had one spare tyre.We set up our camp and went for a walk around the park and down to the river area. Brock and me brought our lego down there and played with it because we were the ant patrol trying to stop the ant highways (the ant highways are ant tracks).We drove our car to another rest area and then we went for a walk across the huge huge Ord River while I was eating an orange. Then we climbed onto the road the road was closed. We went back to camp then we watched the stars after dinner. Then mum let us watch one episode of Top Gear the challenges 3. Total km travelled 6450.

Kununnara / Lake Argyle

Day 47. On Friday we went to Lake Argyle and had a boat tour on it. There was crocodiles in lake argyle and we saw many crocodiles. Morning tea was served on the boat and it was delicious I loved it. We got to have Coke for morning tea. Lake Argyle was the biggest man mad lake in Australia and I think you can see it from outer space. It can fill 18 Sydney harbours at the moment. It is 90 km long.After the cruise we showed dad the infinity pool (at the Lake Argyle Village) which is a pool that goes straight off the edge. We had lunch near a huge wall called a dam wall cars drove across the top of the dam wall. The dam wall was built to build lake argyle from the Ord River. It also has a power station which makes power from water rushing through it called hydro power. After that we went to the Argyle homestead museum then we drove back to Kununnara. Later we wanted to go shopping but there was no cool lego for me to spend my money on so we are saving our money for Broome.

Kununnara / Gibb river road

Day 46. On Thursday we went for another bike ride then we went for a drive down the Gibb River Road. It was a very very very bumpy road. We went to a carpark with a trail, we had to walk the trail at the end of the trail was a Very refreshing hot springs and it had miniature waterfalls so we climbed them and at the top of each waterfalls was a mini place like a spa. Each time you climbed higher it became warmer and warmer.After our swim we walked back to the car and went to the ElQuestro Station township and we had a picnic lunch. Then we went back to Kununnara on the bumpy bumpy bumpy road. Dad was happy we didnt puncture a tyre in the car.

Kununnara

Day 45. On Wednesday we travelled 347km from Vitoria River to Kununnara. The total of that was 6192km. We also crossed the border security (quarantine) into Western Australia.We had to turn our clocks back 1 1/2 hours. We stayed at the 5 star Ivanhoe Big4 Caravan Park. We went for a ride then we went for a swim in the pool. We went to bed early because we were not used to the time that day.

Victoria River

Day 44. On Tuesday we travelled 279km to Victoria River the total we have travelled is 5845km. We discovered in the morning that it was Wilson's birthday. We stopped to camp the night at Sullivan Campground. We went over to play some cards on a table in the shade. Then we played fish, snap then number snap. After that we had some mud cake and some fizzy drinks and Wilson had some cake as well. After we had cake we got out camping stuff out and Brock and Me decided we would sleep in a tent that night. There was crocodiles in the river that we found. At night Dad Brock & I went in the bush to find some dingoes. Instead we found 3 cane toads, but I think I heard a dingo. We slept very well that night in the tent. Wilson slept with us.

DAY 46-JULY 1ST

This morning we went for a drive down to Gibb River Road which is a mainly dirt 4wd road that leads from Kununnara to Derby which is near Broome. It is shorter than taking the main highway BUT you cant go very fast otherwise you will have a high chance of having a puncture in your tyres. About 50km down our drive we stopped and swam in the thermal pools which quite similar but better than Mataranka on day 25-26. It was better because quite a lot of waterfalls that you could climb up and some of the little areas were like little private spas. After our swim we went to the ElQuestro station town and had lunch.

DAY 44-45 JUNE 29-30

DAY 44-JUNE 29TH Today we are camping in National Park campground where tonight me and Adam will be sleeping in the tent. It is very hot up here and there a quite a lot of insects. At night we watched the stars and we spotted 4 satellites and 3 shooting stars. Also before we went to bed we went for a little nighttime bushwalk and we saw 3 little what we think was cane toads.
DAY 45-JUNE 30TH On Wednesday we had crossed the border from Northern Territory to Western Australia and now we have turned our clocks 1 1/2 hours back
(2 hours if you are down in Victoria). We decided to stay at a 5 star resort in Kununnara. Later that day we rode our bikes around and we went for a swim in the pool. Kilometres 6192.

Hi everyone

Hi everyone, I get so busy posting the kids blogs I never bother to do any entries myself!

We are having a wonderful time so far on our holiday. Everyday is a new adventure, and I am LOVING warm weather!

Hope everyone is happy and well at home.

HI everyone at work! Note I am considering a new career as a travel writer but only in the warm climates - but I haven't found anyone willing to pay me yet!

HI to all our family and friends- especially Mum and Buster, Terry, and Lissa & Lui who are looking after everything at home.

Hi to Lynda and family in chilly Canberra - I found a racecourse with grass on it in NT! (its only used once a year)

HI to the MELs in Queensland - yes all three of you!

We are at Kununnara and heading off to Broome via the BungleBungles tomorrow. We did a small trip out the Gibb river road to ElQuestro but NO WAY are we taking the Winnie 600k on that road! Today we went on a cruise on Lake Argyle it is massive. Everything up here is amazing and there is so much to see and do everywhere we go.

Thanks for following the blog. We shall add stuff when we get internet connection again.

Take care everyone Lots of Love XXXX Deb.

Pine Creek

Day 43. On Monday we travelled 216km (total travel so far is 5566km). We travelled south from Jabiru and through to Pine Creek. We stayed on a horse racecourse called PussyCat Flats. We set up camp and I had a play on the playground. Then I came back and helped unpack. Then Brock and me rode our bikes around the track then we got in our bathers and rode under the sprinklers. I crashed one time because it was so slippery and one time Brock crashed into me. After that I had a shower and we played cards in the shade. I WON. After dinner we phoned that Alger Family - Troy. Then I watched tv (mythbusters & man vs wild). The weather today was still REALLY WARM.

Jabiru

Day 42. On Sunday we went to the aboriginal rock art at Ubirr. The paintings on the rocks were up to 30000 years old. The paintings were stories and one of them was called "Grandmas kitchen" and it was paintings of food like fish and people hunting. There were pictures of turtles and a story about a longneck turtle. We climbed up to the top of some rocks and saw a huge wetland area green grass, blue water and heaps of birds. The views were incredible.
We also saw a car rolled in the water at East Alligator Crossing. It was super hot on the way back, so I had another swim in the resort pool.

Jabiru / Kakadu National Park

Day 40. On Friday we travelled 171 km (total 5350) to Jabiru in Kakadu National park. We camped at Kakadu lodge caravan park . The pool is awesome and I can ride no hands on my bike on the roads in the caravan park. We had a look around the town and went to the airport and we booked our flights and mine tour for Saturday. We swam before dinner then had another swim after dinner under lights over the pool.

Day 41. On Saturday (June 26th) in the morning we did the Ranger Uranium Mine Tour. We saw a massive massive digger and a huge huge dump truck in the open cut mine. At the mine they dig out rock which have uranium in them. They process the uranium and put it into drums to be sent overseas for power stations. We went on a Kakadu scenic flight. It was one hour. I had so much fun until after a waterfall called JimJim falls and I began to feel sick. Then we flew over Twin Falls - they were like a waterfall that had been joined together then split in half. I was a bit hot in the plane. Sometimes it was a bit smoky too because they were burning off the forest. Dad felt sick also. You dont want to know what happened. It was still an awesome flight because we got to see lots of Kakadu National Park. After the flight we went to the resort pool and had a nice cool swim.

Corroboree Park & Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve

Day 39. On Thursday we went to Fogg Dam on the way we saw a whistling kite bird swoop down and catch a huge snake on the side of the road. It was awesome the snake was wriggling and other birds were trying to get it off the bird who had caught it.We went to the Fogg Dam wetlands and we saw a crododile in the wetlands, a goanna in the bushes and a sign saying turtle crossing 20km. We went for a bushwalk through wetlands and there were millions and millions of mozzies. Later on we went back to Corroboree park for a swim in the pool.

Day 42-43 JUNE 27-28TH

DAY 42-JUNE 27th

Today we went to see some Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr. Some of the rock art was 30000 years old. The skeleton pictures were about 2000 years old. Along the walking trail we climbed some rocks and then at the top we saw spectacular views of the wetland plains of Kakadu. On the way back from the Aboriginal art we saw some burnoff fires and when we were driving along through the smoke all the smoke was coming the airconditioning vents in the car. The fire was just right on the side of the road so we got some pictures. They have these burnoff fires to stop the bush getting too overgrown and it will help stop massive bushfires later on in the dry season.

DAY 43-JUNE 28th

Today we left Jabiru and travelled south along the Kakadu Highway through the Kakadu national park and down to Pine Creek, where we stayed at Pussycat Flats and we are camping on the horse racetrack. Later that day it was getting really hot so me and Adam got into our bathers and went for a ride under the sprinklers, and we got really cooled down.

DAY 40-41 JUNE 25th -26th

DAY 40-JUNE 25th

Today we went and stayed at Kakadu Lodge it has a very nice lagoon style pool. We also think it has a very nice road for bike riding. We also went to the airfield and booked a flight for the next day. Later that day we went and had a swim at the pool. It was very refreshing. Jabiru is located 250km east of Darwin and it is very hot and humid here. The town of Jabiru is not that big the population is about 1700 and a lot of those are mining families. Total travelled 5350km.
DAY 41-JUNE 26th

This morning we went on a RUM tour (Ranger Uranium Mine) where we saw the mine in the ground. It was very big. There were lots of big dump trucks and excavators. Uranium is mineral that is taken overseas and used in nuclear power plants. For one drum which is 200 litres in size it costs $60000. Later that day We went for another swim in the pool and then we went on the plane flight that we booked. It had really amazing views. The plane was a Gippsland G8 Airvan which seated 7 plus the pilot. It was a bit of a bumpy ride because it was hot, but we got some good photos of JimJim Falls and Twin Falls and the rock escarpment. An airplane flight was a good idea because you cant get as good views and it takes two hours both ways 4WD off the main road to get to JimJim falls and it's closed at the moment because of the late wet season. When we got back from the flight we had one more swim in the pool.

DAY 39-JUNE 24th

Today at corroboee park in the morning we didn't really do much but a bit later on the way to fogg dam we saw a whistling kite (type of eagle) swoop down and grab a snake off the ground and then flew away into the bush. when we arrived at fogg dam we saw a crocodile, heaps of birds and a fairly large goanna. we also went for a bushwalk and there were heaps and heaps of mozzies.

Day 44-45 JUNE 29-30

DAY 44-JUNE 29THToday we are camping in National Park campground where tonight me and Adam will be sleeping in the tent. It is very hot up here and there a quite a lot of insects. At night we watched the stars and we spotted 4 satellites and 3 shooting stars. Also before we went to bed we went for a little nighttime bushwalk and we saw 3 little what we think was cane toads.
DAY 45-JUNE 30THOn Wednesday we had crossed the border from Northern Territory to Western Australia and now we have turned our clocks 1 1/2 hours back
(2 hours if you are down in Victoria). We decided to stay at a 5 star resort in Kununnara. Later that day we rode our bikes around and we went for a swim in the pool. Kilometres 6192.