Collected the campervan with no problems, apparently they were out of the type of camper we booked so we were upgraded to a better one.  This camper was much better than the one we used on the west coast, it had a microwave, plug ports and was big enough to stand up in when inside.

We started the trip with a visit to Coles to buy our supplies and food then headed to Kakadu National Park.  The drive was fine and the roads were in good condition, it only about 3 hours from Darwin.  We headed to the visitor centre and the helpful lady there basically planned our whole trip for us, telling us where we were going and when, also she provided us with a map which come very handy.  We then found a camp site and set up camp for the night at one of the many campsites in Kakadu.  The campsites in Kakadu were better quality than we were expecting, most of them charge a small fee (normally about $30)  and provided toilets with hot showers (although said showers sometimes had frogs to keep you company).

By the next morning we were feeling the effect of the Darwin heat, we were used to heat in Bali but had the benefit of air conditioned rooms and a swimming pool.  Here we had no respite and were both feeling fatigued, so on the second day we just managed to drive to the next campsite and did a short walk around the Aboriginal rock art at Ubirr.  I found the rock art to be a bit disappointing, and to be honest I could have done better drawings in junior school - they were just stick men, I know they have been there many years but neither Helen nor I thought much of it.

The next day we drove south to the Nourlangie region, where we went on a short hour's walk around Anbangbang Billabong. Despite many signs warning us of extreme risk of being attacked by a croc, we still saw no sign of them and made it out alive.

We stayed the night at the pricey (by our standards) Gagudju campsite, $46 for a patch of grass for the night. In the morning we moved on to start our day with a walk around Yellow Water Billabong and Bukbukluk lookout over the plains. The rest of the day however was a bit of a disaster! Unfortunately some sights were off limits to us as we only had a 2 wheel drive campervan, and some places were only accessible via 4 wheel drive roads which meant that the famous Jim Jim Falls were off limits. We decided to crack on and drive down to Gunlom for a rainforest/billabong walk, however when we arrived at the turn off the road was clearly not suitable for our little camper, and since we are now seasoned at driving down unsealed Australian roads after taking an hour to travel 10km on our west coast trip, we decided 30km was not an option.  So we made our way back to the 'Information Ranger Station' nearby only to find it desolate, with no staff and a few leaflets strewn across the counter. With only a basic map to hand, we made the executive decision to head back up towards Gungurul for a river walk. Only problem was once we arrived we walked down to find the river bed had completely dried up, leaving us stumped and wandering around in the heat looking for this 'river'.

After a sweaty walk up a hill we called it a day and made our way towards Pine Creek for the night, scraping through on a 1/4 tank of petrol as the only roadhouse for the area was shut (just to top off our day). A good reminder that things here in the outback do not run quite as smoothly as back in Old Blighty.

We left Pine Creek on Tuesday and drove to Litchfield National Park, only about a 1.5 hour drive via the metropolis of Batchelor. Litchfield provided us with some much needed waterfalls and rock pools to cool down in throughout the day to break up our walks. Stopping off to look at the magnetic termite mounds on the way, we had a quick dip at Buley Rockholes and Florence Falls, and then headed to Wangi Falls on our final day where I went for a quick swim in the plunge pool, again escaping the crocs. We went for a walk through the rainforest, where we saw hundreds of huge bats hanging from the trees and Helen spotted a Giant Orb spider in it's web.

Headed back to Darwin after one night at Litchfield and the following day got a flight to Adelaide.  Now in Adelaide we are trying to find some work to fund the next trip (Ayer's Rock maybe?).  Hoping to find enough work for a couple of months.