Our Northern Adventure Trips In Australia Including Travelling
The Gibb River Road
Northern Australia is where adventure trips In Australia are so special and spectacular. I am sharing our 4x4 adventure holiday experiences with you so you can be inspired to visit this amazing part of Australia.
Several times we have travelled to Central Australia and the Top End from Victoria.
On our First Big Trip we drove up the Stuart Highway, visited Central Australia and kept going north to the Top End and drove home through Outback Queensland and New South Wales.
the first town we visited in the Top End was Mataranka, we got out of the car and could not believe it.
It was actually hot (compared to Victoria). Hot enough for 'Victorians' to go swimming - apparently the locals say it is too cold.
After enjoying the thermal pools at Mataranka, we stayed at and visited Katherine, Litchfield National Park, Darwin, Berry Springs, cruised the Adelaide River and explored Kakadu National Park.
Road map of Darwin and surrounding area
Going to the Kimberley was the second one of our adventure trips in Australia, which is so unique and one of the very popular adventure trips in Australia. To get to the Kimberley we drove to Alice Springs, then we travelled the Tanami Track for two long days.
Road map of the Kimberley
Our first stop in the Kimberley was at the Wolfe Creek Crater which is quite bizarre, a massive hole about a kilometre across. Recently made famous by the John Jarratt's scary movie 'Wolfe Creek'.
We then stayed our first night in the Kimberley at Halls Creek on the Great Northern Highway. We then explored, the Bungle Bungles, Fitzroy Crossing, Broome, Cape Leveque and Derby.
Derby is the gateway to the start of the 'Gibb River Road'. We had some information about the 'Gibb'. No way could we imagine the harshness and the beauty that we experienced.
The places we visited on the Gibb River Road were just magnificent. Bells Gorge, Old Mornington Station, Mount Barnett Station, Manning Falls and El Questro which was the last destination on the eastern end of the Gibb River Road.
At Kununurra we camped on the edge of Lake Kununurra and then we travelled to the huge Lake Argyle. Which were the last places we visited in the Kimberley and both were stunning in their own unique ways.
I was fascinated by the very unique Boab trees that were everywhere. So I ended up with a few too many photos of them, here is one of them.
One of our favourite adventure trips in Australia is Fraser Island QLD where everything is absolutely unique and very adventurous as travel anywhere must be in a 4 wheel drive vehicle. The 75 mile beach is a recognised highway, Lake Mckenzie, Eli Creek and the Champagne Pools are stunning just to name a few.
It probably is not possible to see all of Northern Australia. What you do and see you will remember and treasure as Australia is truly unique.
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