Jodi's Digital Image Collection

Top End, Days 1 and Two

Journal of entire vacation
Photo Albums:
Days 1 and 2 (May 5 & 6):  Alice Springs to Tennant Creek to Katherine Gorge
Day 3 (May 7):  Nitmiluk, Cruise, Batchelor
Day 4 (May 8):  Batchelor through Litchfield to Darwin
Day 5 (May 9):  Darwin
Days 6 and 7 (May 10 & 11):  Darwin through Kakadu to Cooinda
Day 8 (May 12): Cooinda, Yellow Waters cruise, to Katherine
Days 9 - 11 (May 13 - 15): Katherine, Mataranka, Devils Marbles, and Home

Alice Springs to Tennant Creek to Nitmiluk

The adventure begins. We picked up our campervan, loaded it up at home, and headed out around 10am. We stayed at the Outback Caravan Park in Tennant Creek the first night, and Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge caravan park the next.

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Abandoned homestead north of Alice Springs, near Ryan Well.
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Ryan Well, and our home for the next 10 days.
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Devils Marbles.
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Large Marble, broken by the effects of cracks, weathering, and its own weight.
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Holding the Marble apart. I broke it myself! Really! :)
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Devils Marbles
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The Devils Marbles all look difficult to climb, but are actually quite easy once you find the right point.
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Ghost Gum tree at Devils Marbles. The lump in the back looks like a loaf of unraised dough.
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Probably the most commonly photographed Marbles.
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John on one of the larger rocks.
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Looking out over a large area of Devils Marbles.
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John at Devils Marbles. There's a "Marble" just right of center that looks very like half a donut.
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Tenant Creek Telegraph station
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One of many monuments along the Stuart Highway.
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Wallaby visiting our first night's campsite at Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge.
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Nitmiluk gorge caravan park. This wallaby is quite unconcerned about us and the large group watching him to my left.
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