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 […]
The Dream is Over – Life Beyond Katherine
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 […]
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 […]
Yay! We have a friend!
It’s time for celebratory drinks. Our (almost) sister in law, Tash, arrived in Katherine today. Tash will be living with us for the next 6 weeks while she teaches with Sharni until […]
Katherine – Bloom Town
At the moment whilst walking the streets of Katherine you’ll notice a pungent odour in the air. It’s stinking hot so a contributing factor would be my body odour. Also the bats are in […]
Pine Creek, Northern Territory
Trying to find a fancy, exotic location to spend our anniversary, we could do no better than the small gold mining community of Pine Creek. Most people may suggest Pine Creek is […]
New Steak Sandwich Review.
Man it’s hot in Katherine. Forecast is around 40 deg C most days. Apart from beer, such heat can be tackled with a super calorie hit delivered by a big steak sandwich, […]
Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk National Park)
After living in Katherine for a couple of months we were well overdue to visit Katherine’s main tourist attraction – Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park. It’s just 30km from town so […]
Lunch and Springvale Homestead
Lunch today has yielded a new steak sandwich review dished up at the Katherine Country Club. After lunch we headed to Springvale Homestead – one of the oldest in tact buildings in the […]
Katherine Museum
We spent the day today around Katherine. Went to Maccas for a coffee and use their super slow wifi, followed by a trip to the Katherine Museum. There’s heaps of information about […]
Dinner in Katherine
A new exciting milestone for our stay in Katherine – we had our first outside visitor to come see us. Simon from Darwin was down for work. A few drinks and dinner […]
Walk around Katherine and the biggest of them all
Sharni and I walked to the shops and a couple of pubs yesterday. Any visitors to Katherine part of the experience is waiting in line at the Woolworths for half an hour. […]
New steak sandwich review – The Coffee Club, Katherine.
My first steak sandwich of what will be many in Katherine, check it out here.
Katherine Hot Springs, Northern Territory
We are lucky enough to live a 2 minute walk from the famous Katherine Hot Springs. It is always buzzing with tourists and locals frolicking in the 32 degree water. The car […]
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