Author Archives: Chris Desmond

Alice Springs to Kings Canyon via the Meerenie Loop road. This road passes through Aboriginal land therefore you must get a permit from the Alice Springs Visitors Centre for $5. I made a short detour to see the Gosse Bluff … Continue reading →

21,055 kms so far From Jabiru I drove South to the Daly River Pub in the middle of nowhere on the Stuart Highway. The Pub itself is the attraction being decorated with all kinds of rubbish and is considered a … Continue reading →

Litchfield National Park is just over an hours drive from Darwin and has some small waterfalls and swimming holes. The most interesting thing I saw were the Magnetic Termite Mounds, they are flat and oriented North South so they receive … Continue reading →

Darwin – population 147,000, capital of the Northern Territory and the northermost city in Australia. It does not rain here during the dry season from May to September with a day night temperature range of 20 to 30 degrees celsius. … Continue reading →

Cairns to Normanton It rained for the first two hours ascending to the Atherton tablelands, tortuous winding road, up to Ravenshoe, highest town in Queensland at 930m. Then down to the plains and the road straightened out, fuel stop at … Continue reading →

Cairns – Clean, broad streets and does not feel crowded even if it is the 14th largest city in Australia. The climate at this time of the year (winter) is perfect if a little humid at times. A good place … Continue reading →

Cooktown to Weipa about 650km of which 200km is gravel. It alternates between paved and gravel. The first 200km to Laura is paved and the roughest bit is between Laura and Coen, after that the gravel is quite smooth all … Continue reading →

Cooktown – This is where Captain Cook spent seven weeks repairing his ship in 1770 after it struck the reef. And it is also where the word Kangaroo originated, “Joseph Banks met and spoke with the local people, recording about … Continue reading →

Townsville to Ingham and then Wallaman Falls took 2:15 hrs on a cool and overcast day. The drive from the highway to the Falls is quite steep and shrouded in mist on a narrow winding road. Arrived at 10:45 am … Continue reading →

Mackay to Townsville was through sugarcane country. There are special minature and very long trains that carry the sugarcane around and there are many road crossings. Townsville – the biggest city in the North of Queensland, it is quite modern … Continue reading →