Kununurra to Darwin...is there much to do and see?

Andrew, I have some great photos of that area. send me your email and ill select a few to send back

Give yourself a couple of nights to get through Litchfield.

Suprise falls is wonderful. Jump from the top into the rock pool is something you must do...camp there the night...I assume you have a 4 wheel drive?

If you have time Dundee Beach is an overnight camp worth the stop over....

Once in Darwin just take a deep breath and expect the unexpected.

east point war museam is a good tour. Hire a cat down at Mindle Beach, then dinner at the trailer boat club to watch the sunset

Depends what interests you have. There are a few National parks and some good tracks. A lot of WW2 relics. Old gold mines are abundant. Or there is a Kmart in Kununurra, Katherine and Darwin.
All people are different, Some of the birding sites will give you step by step directions to a lot of out of the way places that are lovely.

From Kununurra you have Keep river N.P., Gregory N.P. a must see is Gregory's tree, there are a few Victoria River cruises, there is a walk about 11 km from Victoria river road house I thick it's called Jim's creek worth a walk 1 km from the road house is an escarpment walk worth doing, then there is Katherine Gorge, Edith falls, Kakadu and Litchfield.

How long do you have?? because the above is about 2 weeks at least.

Cheers Steve.

Keep River NP and Litchfield Np are "must dos". Take the southern 4WD track into Litchfield - takes you through huge areas of magnetic and other big termite mounds. Gregory NP is also worth a visit. Douglas Daly Hot Springs are fun, as are the thermal pools at Mataranka. And there is the Territory Wildlife Park at Berry Hot Springs - worth a full day, make sure you catch the raptor feeding display. Add in Kakadu, including the more out of the way places there andMary River and there is a lot to do and see in that area.

Cheers,

Val

If youve got a canoe you cant miss the flora river NP and nearby is the 3 way junction between kathrine river, daly river and

I'll second the flora river NP. Also make sure you swim "bitter springs" at Mataranka... one of my highlights of the area (it's worth taking goggles and snorkel).

Andrew, would love to mark your map for you, have read all the other replys but none mentioned one of my favorite detours. Do not miss Timber Creek, great spot to fish on the tides, on from there turn off on the Buchanan Hwy and head for Victoria River Downs on the way you will come to Jaspers Gorge which is at the VRD end of the gorge, unless it has changed in the last 3 years there is a great camping spot beside the water. Only a few fresh water crocs unless a salty has been dumped there. VRD is worth the stop a very interesting station. Then to Top Springs good watering hole, from there you can head for Daly Waters or straight up the Buntine Hwy rejion the Victoria Hwy at Willaroo and on to Kathrine.
Another deviation is Pine Creek to Jabiru then Arnhem Hwy to Darwin.
I had the joy of working in these areas in the 60"s when it was remote and rough, revisited later in the RAAF while at Kathrine and Darwin and 3 other trips, including the Gibb River Rd and Tamini Track since 1985, last trip up 2003/4. All of them were planned for 8 weeks total so we did not have to rush, mostly bush camped with civilised stops to shop and wash gear.
fair winds and smooth roads.

Check out Fenton Airfield a bit north of Pine Creek for a look into the past. Still remnants of buildings, cricket pitch and the airfield as well as the wrecks of a couple of Liberator bombers.

http://www.ozatwar.com/airfields/fenton.htm

Also near that turnoff is the Old Stuart Highway section (now called Dorat Rd((Dept Of Roads And Transport)) through to Adelaide River. Good insight to what the track used to be up until the late 70's, providing they havent resealed and widened it in the last few years. When driving it imagine two double (or even triple) Road Trains passing each other along the windy and hilly sections. A steep section would force trucks to walking pace.

A stay at Victoria River or Timber Creek is plenty ok but I prefer VR. Nice spot for a coldie and a steak. About 30km before Timber Creek there is a turnoff to the left to Bullita Outstation which is a window into the past. Great place to stop for a picnic and a look around and wonder how they did it out here in the old days. If you are familar with Tom Cole and particularly his book 'Hell west and crooked' (fantastic read btw) I believe he spent some time here.

From memory there is a right turn just west of Timber Creek that goes to a historic site that was where a group of explorers based themselves out of for around a year in the 1800's. Gregory's Tree I believe. Fascinating little spot especially with the well preserved grafitti carved into the tree. We visited once in summer and I could not imagine how they survived!