Roper Bar

Wednesday 9th July

We drove to Roper Bar today; we are staying at Roper River. We have toilets and showers, which was so nice to be able to have a shower.

All the rivers are so nice but you can't swim in them as they all have crocodiles.

We took the kids fishing this afternoon. Jesse really loves fishing. Julie and Alan that we have been travelling with have been showing him what to do.

The Roper River.

Jesse fishing at Roper River
Jesse caught a little barramundi. He was very excited.

Town River

Tuesday 8th July

We left Lorella springs today.

We stopped off the see the Southern Lost City.

We were going to stop overnight at Butterfly Springs but there were no sites left to fit our van so we had to keep driving.

We ended up staying the night at Town River. As it was a free camping spot, we had no showers only toilets.

Southern Lost City








Our camp site at Town River

Jesse at the river.
You can't swim in here as there are crocodiles.



This is David's fire. He thinks it looks like an eagle.
One two many beers I think.

Monday 7th July

The kids woke up this morning and went straight into the springs for a swim, came back for breakfast and went back swimming again.

We are going to the main office tonight for dinner. They cook the food in the camp ovens in the fire.

We went for a drive to the waterslides today with our friends. You can slide down a big rock. We had to drive through a few creeks on the way. As it was a warm day, the water was very refreshing. It was a lot fun, especially for the kids.

Our caravan site at Lorella Springs


Driving through the creeks on the way to waterslides.



Swimming hole at the waterslide.


swimming hole at waterslide

Top of the waterslide

Emily going down the waterslide

Jesse going down the waterslide



This is a termite mound, they are everywhere.

Bar / reception area at Lorella Springs

Having dinner at Lorella Springs

Sunday 6th July

We left Borroloola this morning and we going to Lorella Springs for a few nights. We are travelling along the Savannah Way. The roads are corrugated so it took us about four hours to get there. We had to cross some creek crossings.

We have no power here, but we can still use our lights as they work by the batteries, and we have our gas stove. We can use our cob cooker so tonight we made bread, as there are no shops here.

The toilets and showers are for both men and women to share. Each toilet/shower only has a shower curtain. There is only one hot shower, which is produced by a donkey boiler, which means if you want a shower, you need to stoke the fire with some wood about one hour before.

The kids are having a ball as there as there are springs here to swim in. The temperature is 27 degrees.

We have travelled here with some friends that we were at Borroloola with, who have a son and daughter Jesse and Emily’s age.
The roads we travelled on



The creek crossings

Saturday 5th July

Today we went to a place called Bing Bong. There is also a mine company there so there is only parts of it you can see. You can’t swim in as there is lots of crocodiles. The water was just beautiful.

When we got back the kids went looking for frogs, they found about 16 frogs in the caravan park.

Afterwards we went for a walk to the Museum.

Emily walking along the main street in Borroloola

Friday 4th July

Today Hank from the caravan park took us all to King Ash Bay to Batton Point Creek to do some fishing. He supplied all the fishing rods and bait for us.
The fishing was done at the banks of the river; you can’t swim in the river as it is full of crocodiles.
David and Jesse went out in the boat for about two hours to the mouth of the Macarthur River where they saw lots of crocodiles along the banks of the river.
He took them to see these Asian Huts along the banks. It is hard to imagine that people even live in them.
We girls then went for a ride in the boat to look at the crocodiles. You see them laying on the bank of the river, once you get close they go into the water.
Emily’s fishing rod was the one that caught both the fish, we cooked it up for dinner that night.



Emily's fish she caught



Hank's boat he took us out in

Crocodiles on the banks of the river




The Asian Huts