Had the car and van serviced in Darwin. VW cost just under $1000 for the 60,000k jobbie. Van service cost $350 for a bearings grease, pack and adjust, grease the suspension, and check the alignment, general look over, etc All was good. Another day in Darwin. Rose floored me, she said "You know I could spend a couple of years up here!" Go figure! Found the bike path behind the caravan park and tootled off to Casuarina, a round trip of about 35k. What better way to acclimatise to the NT climate.
We headed off to Litchfield about 90k south of Darwin. We went in through Batchelor. We were heading to Wangi Falls. They have a Parks campground there. Who could pass up $13:20/night....!!!!! We were told to get there early (before 9am... we don't get up before 9 now... this is going to be a struggle). Well we got there around 11am on a Friday and managed to find a spot about 300m from the falls themselves. Two nights became three, and then four. There is just sooooo much to see. The temperature was great, no mozzies and quiet until about 8:30 each morning when the tour busses pulled in.
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After...
Note for all you budding travellers out there. Whilst we can charge OK, our only real concern is that our 220a/h of batteries (2 of them) is not enough. We had to run the generator for an hour each day late in the afternoon, to make sure the fridge ran through until the morning. We didn't on the last day and our charger low battery alarm awoke us at 3am. We backed the Fridge off a notch in the evening, which did improve the situation, but not markedly. Knowing what we know now, we'd be looking at between 400-500watts of solar and probably between 300-500a/h of battery.
We headed off to Litchfield about 90k south of Darwin. We went in through Batchelor. We were heading to Wangi Falls. They have a Parks campground there. Who could pass up $13:20/night....!!!!! We were told to get there early (before 9am... we don't get up before 9 now... this is going to be a struggle). Well we got there around 11am on a Friday and managed to find a spot about 300m from the falls themselves. Two nights became three, and then four. There is just sooooo much to see. The temperature was great, no mozzies and quiet until about 8:30 each morning when the tour busses pulled in.
Note for all you budding travellers out there. Whilst we can charge OK, our only real concern is that our 220a/h of batteries (2 of them) is not enough. We had to run the generator for an hour each day late in the afternoon, to make sure the fridge ran through until the morning. We didn't on the last day and our charger low battery alarm awoke us at 3am. We backed the Fridge off a notch in the evening, which did improve the situation, but not markedly. Knowing what we know now, we'd be looking at between 400-500watts of solar and probably between 300-500a/h of battery.
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