June 2008
The very beginning of June had us with the camper trailer in tow heading back down that bumpy road to Daly River for the 'Merrepen' Festival. There is a circuit of festivals that run through the dry and this is one of them. They are spread from one side of the NT to the other and so far we have been able to see two of the half dozen more famous ones. The first one that we saw was in Jabiru on our last trip in 2006. So we headed off at lunch time on Friday and our destination was the 'Mango Farm' which is located on the Wadeye side of the Daly River. As well as a mango farm it is also a large tourist park with powered and unpowered sites and cabins. It is right on the Daly and has it's own boat ramp so is very popular with the fishermen. The Daly is renowned as one of the best areas in the NT for Barra fishing. Unfortunately this time we did not have time to throw in a line but it is on our list of things to do. The mighty Daly River that had us held prisoner for s...