Leaving Borroloola, we back tracked to Cape Crawford then headed south on Tablelands Hwy – a single lane sealed road that runs for about 500km, joining up with the Barkley Hwy which […]
Tablelands Hwy, Northern Territory
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Borroloola – Barra Time
Borroloola saw the end of our dream to conquer the Savannah Way through the gulf country to Queensland. Continuing was not possible due to heavy rainfall. Nathan River Road was exciting for […]
Towns River to Lost City, Limmen River National Park
After an overnight at Towns River, we continued our journey on Savannah Way south on Nathan River Road. This part of the trip got interesting, with some areas having received heavy rainfall […]
Savannah Way – Nathan River Road
Leaving Roper Bar, the Savannah Way heads into some pretty remote country, through Limmen River National Park and towards the Gulf of Carpentaria on Nathan River Road. This road is all dirt and […]
Savannah Way – Mataranka to Roper Bar
Our Savannah Way expedition kicked off with the first segment heading east from Stuart Highway – taking the Roper Highway from Mataranka to Roper Bar. This section is mostly sealed road and […]
Big Barra Caught! Also Merry Christmas.
Fishing from the McArthur River at Borroloola saw a new record sized barra caught: 76cm, 5 kg. It was heavy and pulled hard. Very satisfying to land it. We’re now in Longreach, […]
The Dream is Over – Life Beyond Katherine
My time as a man of leisure couldn’t last forever. School is finished and we’re leaving Katherine. No more house husband duties – it’s time to get back to fishing and camping. We’re […]
Praying Mantis Eating Moth
We’ve had a few interesting wildlife encounters recently here in Katherine – fireflies, chirping geckos, brown tree snake. Tonight it was a praying mantis feeding on a moth. We actually saw the praying […]
Weekend in Darwin
Chris and Larry the Lennon Larrington came up to Darwin for a boys weekend. We hit up the city for some drinks and dinner, then litchfield the next day, then another night in […]
Bush Tucker
I’ve been super busy drinking XXXX Gold beer and writing a collection of articles on bush tucker. I’ve only written about stuff I’ve actually eaten or experienced myself and will add more articles […]
Snake in Backyard
Some excitement for us last night – we had a visitor in our backyard. I heard screams from the girls so I rushed outside to the rescue, camera in hand. We think […]
Happy 31st Birthday Joe!
Joe enjoying a piece of chocolate mudcake at RJ’s, they even served it with a candle. Awwwwww…
Katherine Mangos
We just received our first bulk delivery of free Katherine mangos. We processed 31 mangos into around 8 litres of cleaned mango cheeks. We still want more so we can freeze them […]
Mataranka revisited
For the weekend we went to Mataranka again. This was our third time, but this time there were three of us. Tash was the third wheel. We camped at the Jalmurark Campgrounds in Elsey National […]
Thermomix – A Man’s Review
I gotta get back to making fires and catching huge fish. This may be a new low for my manhood but I’ve done a Thermomix review. Check it out: https://outbackjoe.com/macho-divertissement/australian-places-and-general-travel/thermomix-review-a-mans-perspective/
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