About Us

Australia
Whenever you mention overseas that you are from Australia, people think “the opera house, skippy and the beaches” but Australia is not only that, Australia is the bush, the outback, the country people, and its wild life and lots more. Ten years ago we joined one of the best four wheel drive club in the country. Being members of the Subaru Club, we have met exceptional people, whom we consider our second family; we learnt how to go camping, four wheel driving and more, now is time to put our skills to the test. We will be travelling to the rainforest, the outback, the world famous great barrier reef, we will go through some remote areas with rugged terrain, we’ll see lots of wild life including the legendary salt water crocodile, furthermore the famous road trains, they are 53 metres long, of course meet the country people, we will be visiting cattle stations; one of them is one and a half million acres and obviously we will be going to a lot of country pubs so we can enjoy a coldie while we meet some of the locals and some adventurous travellers, we are very excited and cannot wait longer to “Go and See Australia”......well...part of it.

16 August 2010

Darwin, Northern Territory

After a very early start we said goodbye to Kakadu and headed to the South Alligator River for an informative guided walk about the wetlands and birdlife, we continued our trip to Darwin.

South Alligator River


When we arrived to the Adelaide River, we couldn’t resist stopping at the jumping crocodile cruise; we could not believe how these enormous beasts can leap so high, it was a good show.

Jumping Crocodile


Arrived to Darwin and headed to the Caravan Park and after we set camp we headed to Mindil Beach for a fantastic sunset and the funky atmosphere of the market.

Mindill Beach, Darwin, NT Thursday


Next day a quick visit to the information centre and a visit to Crocosaurus Cove, which is more like a crocodile zoo, we fed little crocodiles and admired huge crocodiles in glass tanks.

Crocosaurus Cove


In the afternoon we did something very different, went to the Darwin Championship Rodeo, it is the first time we have attended to a rodeo in Australia, we found it is very similar to the Mexican “charreada”. There were rides, food stalls and music but something that caught our eyes and curiosity was a tent where street fighters were displayed and the announcer looked for spectators to fight them, it is amazing what a combination of alcohol and testosterone make men do. We couldn’t resist getting in and watching them boxing (fighting), and the winner... was the announcer, he made a fortune!!

Rodeo Darwin, NT


The city centre has a lot to offer beautiful buildings, parks, lots of history a fantastic wharf where you can go and enjoy a delicious barra and fish.

Darwin, NT



On Sunday we could not resist to go back to Mindil Beach, to watch the sunset, eat something and walk around the markets. Once again we enjoyed the music from these two guys playing the didgeridoo and the drums we also watched a guy cracking two whips at the same time.

Mindill Beach , Darwin, NT Sunday


There is a place in Darwin where you can go and feed the fish, it can be done everyday at high tide, there were hundreds of fish waiting to be fed, it was a nice experience. We walked around town and went to the Museum of Indigenous Art, it was a fantastic display of Aboriginal Art, in addition the work done after the cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin and the strategies the government took and how the population helped to re-build the affected areas. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos. Furthermore we visited the Territory Wild Life Park and Berry Springs Nature Park.

Aquascene, Darwin, NT


Kilometres travelled to date 12,195 Km.
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  1. BrettAugust 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM

    Looks like you are still having a great time. So much to see and do up there you will not want to come home. I'm sure you will be tempted to turn right at Katherine and head to WA.
    You will now be known as "Crocodile Gabriel".

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