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.
![]() topend002 99.95 Kb Abandoned homestead north of Alice Springs, near Ryan Well. |
![]() topend003 114.29 Kb Ryan Well, and our home for the next 10 days. |
![]() topend004 130.00 Kb Devils Marbles. |
![]() topend005 148.98 Kb Large Marble, broken by the effects of cracks, weathering, and its own weight. |
![]() topend006 148.98 Kb Holding the Marble apart. I broke it myself! Really! :) |
![]() topend007 151.89 Kb Devils Marbles |
![]() topend008 112.57 Kb The Devils Marbles all look difficult to climb, but are actually quite easy once you find the right point. |
![]() topend009 86.07 Kb Ghost Gum tree at Devils Marbles. The lump in the back looks like a loaf of unraised dough. |
![]() topend010 109.44 Kb Probably the most commonly photographed Marbles. |
![]() topend011 86.27 Kb John on one of the larger rocks. |
![]() topend012 134.75 Kb Looking out over a large area of Devils Marbles. |
![]() topend013 116.14 Kb John at Devils Marbles. There's a "Marble" just right of center that looks very like half a donut. |
![]() topend014 114.47 Kb Tenant Creek Telegraph station |
![]() topend015 145.69 Kb One of many monuments along the Stuart Highway. |
![]() topend016 123.31 Kb Wallaby visiting our first night's campsite at Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge. |
![]() topend017 138.71 Kb Nitmiluk gorge caravan park. This wallaby is quite unconcerned about us and the large group watching him to my left. |
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