Matt Down Under
Ruby developer, founder of choc media, bushwalker, MacGyver fan and hobby photographer, German citizen and Australian Permanent Resident.
In 2008 I moved from Germany to Australia, the best decision of my life. On this blog you can find stories and photos about hiking in Tasmania and on the mainland, travelling, and life in Australia — my journey from Working Holiday to Permanent Residency.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 7
Route: Merl campground — Buley Rockhole (~370 km)
In the morning, still plagued by the many mosquitoes, we decided to postpone breakfast and drive to the lake picnic area in Jabiru. There we were the only ones and really took our time for breakfast. We were surprised to see that Jabiru is actually quite a big town, not just a tourist resort like Yulara.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 6
Route: Cooinda — Merl campground (~100 km)
When we sat outside our van for breakfast in the morning, there were so many Little Corellas sitting in the trees around us that I got my camera out and started to take photos. They are some of my favourite birds.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 5
Route: Leliyn Falls — Cooinda (~230 km)
We left Leliyn Falls around 8.45am, just minutes before the first tour bus arrived — we had camped on the coach parking area, so we were urged to vacate it in time.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 4
Route: Nitmiluk Gorge — Leliyn Falls (~100 km)
I woke up at 6am when the hundreds of bats returned to the trees on the campground where they would stay during daytime. They create tremendous noise that is difficult not to hear.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 3
Route: Daly Waters — Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge (~330 km)
Again we were among the last ones to leave the campground in the morning. It seemed like the cold weather had caught up with us again overnight — it was cool and cloudy.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 2
Route: Devils Marbles (Karlwekarlwe) — Daly Waters (~530 km)
We got up early, mostly because the other campers around us were getting up at 6 or 6.30am. It wasn’t raining anymore so we took the opportunity and went for a walk to check out the Devils Marbles and take photos before the rain started again.
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Road trip Alice Springs to Darwin — Day 1
Route: Alice Springs — Devils Marbles (Karlwekarlwe) (~410 km)
We left the YHA early in the morning and walked to the local Britz branch to pick up our Toyota HiAce campervan. I had completed the online check-in the night before, so most of the paperwork was already done and we only had to watch a nice introduction DVD where they explained us the features of our van.
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I finally got a good photo of a kangaroo with a joey, but it’s actually an Agile Wallaby as far as I can see. I spotted them near a petrol station between Kakadu and Litchfield.
