Hoi Elma,
zie hieronder mijn mail aan mijn vriend en zijn antwoord. Hij kent daar echt alles. (Het is de vriend waar wij in 2010 de camper van mochten lenen, zie website) Zal ik hem je schema sturen? Bereid je wel voor op veel (maar deskundig) commentaar. Maar hij controleert toch niet wat je er van opvolgt:wereld:
Het bestand Darwin e.o. gaat niet zo zeer over Darwin, meer over Kakadu en Litchfield. Je zult alleen even geduld moeten hebben. Het zit thuis in de computer en we zijn net gisteren voor twee weken in Oostenrijk aangekomen.
Hier zijn antwoord en mijn mail er onder:
PS. Ook je mailadres heb ik thuis, stuur me dat nog even in een privé bericht. Dat mailt makkelijker. Kan ik zijn antwoorden evt. gewoon doorsturen zonder knippen en plakken.
Hi Willem,
May is early (and the best time if it is not too too wet).
Mitchell Falls is the pick. Needs a proper 4WD to drive in, especially early in the season.
Are they reasonably fit? Drive into the camp ground and walk to the falls - about 2 hours I think, but there is great stuff to see along the way. Spend a few hours there and take the chopper back to the camp ground (there will be a couple there).
We walked to the falls and back every day for 4 days in a row one year.
If the road to the falls is still closed, then take a chopper from Drysdale (if there is one) or otherwise a fixed wing, depending on how much money they have.
Cape Leveque would be quicker than the Mitchell Falls because the northern half is bitumen now. Booking is essential to stay at the Kooljaman “resort”.
Tell them not to waste too much time in Broome. 2 nights tops. It is a tourist trap town and there are lots of better places to spend time. We re stock in Derby and the most northerly caravan park there is friendlier and cheaper than Broome.
The other fixed wing flight not to miss is the one to Talbot Bay (the horizontal waterfalls). Cheapest from Derby.
Alternatively there are float plane and boat trips to there for even more money.
Cheers,
Peter
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From: “dutchjumbo@dutchjumbo.nl” <dutchjumbo@dutchjumbo.nl>
To: Peter & Margaret Wright <oka196gonebush@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, 6 March 2017, 6:53
Subject: Mitchell Falls or Cape Leveque
Hi, arrived well in Austria. Sun all the way. Dog had a ball this
afternoon He’s mad of snow
Got a question on my forum. Couple does Darwin - Broome via Highway and
back via Gibb River Road. Short in time of course so must make choices .
Now they ask me: Cape Leveque or Mitchell Falls or go to Drysdale
Station and fly over Mitchell Falls Any idea? They travel in May.
Cheers,
Willem