That great Northern Territory pastime of drinking cold beer on a hot day took hold of us almost immediately upon landing at Darwin airport. In fact as soon as we’d parked the hire car and unpacked our gear we headed straight to the historic Hotel Darwin for a couple of…
When Dave told his cousin Peter that we would visit Darwin in July, Peter immediately invited us to join him with a crowd of mates, camping in Litchfield National Park.Litchfield is only an hour’s drive from Darwin so it is a great spot for locals to head for a weekend.…
If you browse through travel forums you’ll see that, when enquiring how long to stay in Katherine while driving that wild and remote triangle beyond Darwin, most advice will be to allow for 2 days maximum. I know this because I spent considerable time pouring through Trip Advisor and travel…
Have you ever turned up somewhere wonderful and thought, “how could I not have visited here before?” or “why has it taken me so long to come to this place?”.Well, that’s exactly what it was like for me the first time I visited Australia’s Northern Territory.Back in 2017 Dave and…
Gail Cirillo International house & pet sitter Gail Cirillo and husband Bruno have had a fascinating few years since their retirement and discovery of international house & pet sitting.Thanks to the marvels of social media and a very enthusiastic house sitter community, Dave and I have become great friends with…
Christopher Ojala International house & pet sitter Christopher and his partner Andrew have been travelling and house sitting around the world full time for several years. Christopher graciously agreed to grant me an audience as he opened up about how house sitting has transformed his life. You can enjoy following…
Have you ever had to front a video camera and come up with something mildly intelligent or amusing? Well, it is not as easy as it looks. It is a bit dazzling, let me tell you, even if you are very familiar with the subject matter.Now, I'm certainly not about…
When we had to cut short our South America trip in early 2017 we thought that as soon as Dave’s brain aneurysm was fixed we would head straight back over and pick up where we left off, in Brazil. There was also the matter of an Elephant Sanctuary trip to…
Dave's been saying to me for years: you have to experience driving in the Outback to really get it. If I thought the drive on the way into the Red Center from Queensland was epic, then what was to come was even more so. Following our incredible Kings Canyon visit…
As we approached the check-in counter at Kings Canyon Resort I was comforted by the globally recognised symbols, assuring us that WIFI was available. It was after we'd been through the formalities with the receptionist that we learned not only was there no internet, there was also no mobile service.…
