Tiwi – Taracumbi Falls and Fishing

Heat, rain and humidity is something we constantly battle every day. While crocs are always on our mind, attacks from sandflies and mosquitoes are a daily occurrence and cause much pain and itch round the clock. Relief came from our visits to Taracumbi Falls; a magical place with cool water Read more…

Tiwi – Goose Creek to Milikapiti

Self-sufficient living has kept us busy hence why our blogging is so delayed. Not to mention that we were off the grid for the first few days. We have since moved from Goose Creek to Milikapiti. Bushy felt he would feel more comfortable having us closer to his home so he Read more…

Day 14 onwards – Tiwi – Bathurst Island to Goose Creek

Wow our arrival on Tiwi was more than we expected in so many ways. The land was more pristine than I had imagined and the Tiwi people extremely generous in welcoming us on to their land. Our first few nights saw us in an extremely remote location on Melville Island Read more…

Day 12 & 13 – Darwin and Berry Springs

Relaxing days in Darwin and surrounds. We spend quite a lot of time in Berry Springs (about 50kms from Darwin) just swimming and floating in the pools. The springs are quite special with 3 main pools that are clear and with lots of fish and freshwater turtles. The water is Read more…

Day 10 & 11 – Darwin

We farewell our 4WD and River Spirit at Sea Swift’s depot in Darwin; destination Pirlangimpi in Melville Island. There is an unexpected delay in our passenger ferry service and we will only be able to go to Melville Island on Friday. Thank goodness our 4WD and boat will be in Read more…

Day 3 – Port Augusta to Coober Pedy

We were greeted by this beautiful sunrise above the magnificent Flinders Ranges on our drive up north through the Explorer’s Way (Stuart Hwy). Interesting stops on roadhouses until we reached the unique opal mining town of Coober Pedy. Our motel was underground an a dugout – a very unique and interesting Read more…

Kiss Goodbye to MS family portrait

A night preparing our Kiss Goodbye to MS family portrait. Our beautiful daughter Jasmine with our fur baby Ollie getting into the ‘zone’.  Let’s see if the enthusiasm lasts when she has to look out for crocs, fish or hunt for her first meal!

Tiwi Islands Expedition

Another year and another exciting Kiss Goodbye to MS expedition – Surviving the Tiwi Islands! The challenge of this fundraiser is to live self-sufficiently off the land. In other words hunt and gather most of our food, survive the crocs, snakes, wild boars, jellyfish & every other dangerous Australian animal. Read more…