DL stands for down low, but our DL is Darwin and Litchfield 😋 Days 51-60 have just whizzed by. We are 35% through our Lap of Australia. Here are our NT insights …..on the DL.

Including:

📅The Daily Diary

❓Questions & Answers in Listeners’ Corner

🚶‍♀️Life Lessons walking & hiking - The Over 50s Guide (well - anyone really)

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SpPhMt_ZYcba6uNcza5BTs86uEcIyxze/view?usp=sharing

ABC News - Solar Car Challenge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-27/nt-world-solar-challenge-darwin-car-race-to-adelaide-technology/105689306?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=messages

ABC News - Douglas Hot Springs Closed https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/douglas-hot-springs-nt-closure-affected-by-bore-at-sacred-site/102920352

We are now beyond the 1/4 way mark in our lap of Australia.  Come with us on the journey

Over the last 10 days, we have been treated to seeing country through new eyes and experiencing a deeper connection to this ancient land

Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to add pictures to our adventures

https://drive.google.com/file/d/158eBPlgELgGcK2gGVPt66KcMP6faNA7t/view?usp=sharing

With Queensland done and dusted, we’re heading towards Darwin. This is a downright delightful 10 days. Have a look at the accompanying visual diary to check out the descriptions day by day.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UT52i1W8Jor0rdMowhmkx-9Ty31Ab3K7/view?usp=sharing

Footnotes: 

Day 32 

Editors Note (Facebook - not Youtube) Channel 7: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1158460749424720

Hawkeys Down the Mines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17pyPbuFLdMJrVIcR9hgmMl5AZptShD-1/view?usp=sharing

This is a celebration issue - birthdays all round. We’ve clocked up 6000 km plus and almost completed the Queensland leg of our lap. For those who would like to linger over the images, download the pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wW4Y9Dbpu1Tkdhk0UJXxBhCFpRTKlFI8/view?usp=drive_link

We're 2/3rds of the way through Queensland on The Lap. Now 2800 km north of home and having clocked up 4500 km already, we’ve almost completed the Northern upward leg of our lap. We've got our bearings - Queensland - it’s true! You've been fine as we've travelled north.

We've driven two and a half thousand kilometres away from our home in Sydney, Australia. We find ourselves in Queensland. We are at day 10 of our 6-month adventure. What's been happening? Listen and find out....😀

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