- Hi we're Stephen and Jess,
and up until 2020
our days looked more like this and this before our lives
completely changed, and we had this.
Meet little Hunter, it's after spending the summer
converting the van into a tiny house.
We packed up our home
and moved into it full time to travel around Australia.
In the last episode,
we said our goodbyes to Western Australia as Hunter took her
first steps into the Northern territory.
So let's continue the adventure.
Birds chirping
- So for today's driving mission,
we didn't really have a plan.
All we knew, is that we wanted to get into the NT.
So we crossed the border and then we were like, okay,
let's just drive until we find the next town.
And then we'll just stay there the night.
Of course we're in Australia,
so the next town we saw was in three hours.
So three hours later, we got to a place called Timber Creek.
And there was one caravan park, we came and were like,
"Hey, do you guys have a spot for tonight?"
And they were like,
"Ye, okay we have a spot it's on the grass.
Really nice. But, you are gonna be sleeping next to bats
and a massive croc."
(crocodile grunts and splashes)
- Dede de
- Are you even at a caravan park in the Northern Territory
if the local activity is the 5:00pm croc feeding.
(Hunter makes baby noises)
- Yeah, yeah.
- We do have a big male.
He's about 2.9 meters, he's probably up there on the bank.
If he hasn't moved since last couple of days,
probably bathing somewhere else.
(crocodile splashing and chewing)
(birds chirping)
(tour guide talking about crocodiles)
- You see the crocodile?
Look at him.
(crocodile splashes)
(intense music plays)
(knife slicing and chopping)
Now you just see him charging up to get a feed so.
They're very smart, they know, they know I'm coming here.
(knife slicing through vegetables)
- Sitting back, watching mom do the cooking.
Feel like she's got a little audience,
and she's on MasterChef.
(Food sizzling)
(Hunter screaming and giggling)
- [Jess] Ohhh
- What have you done here.
- [Jess] I like how I told you
to go find a nice spot by the water,
but don't be too close to the Crocs.
- And don't be too close to the bats.
- [Jess] Yes, so this is a good spot.
This her first time having tofu, I think.
- Oh
- [Jess] Oh, it's a hit!
- It's a finger grabbing hit.
- [Jess] Sauté tofu.
Well, she was judging me as MasterChef, thoughts?
- [Stephen] She is...
- [Jess] I think we've got the Chef's approval.
- She's lovin it.
- Right Hunter,
so what we need to do every time mom brings us food,
is we need to ask her how did she make this food?
What is the food?
- I think hunter saying,
"Guys, why are we having dinner right now?
Next to a big croc.
We just watched him jump into the water."
But
I made sauté tofu. It's pretty easy.
It's just, you marinate the tofu in garlic and ginger.
And then you put dried garlic and ginger in a pan,
a hot pan,
and then you add onions and then you add the marinated tofu
and then you add the broccoli.
And then you mix it all up, cook it all up,
and then you add sauté sauce.
And then you've got dinner.
Very easy, except it was my first time
cooking onions and garlic in a van.
Eyes got sore.
- What do we think?
Eyes got sore, but makes a pretty good meal.
[Jess] Dad, crocodile over there.
I'm guessing we're sharing.
- [Jess] I have her bowl.
(Hunter makes disgruntled baby noises)
- Ooh
- Also realized something so weird.
Yesterday, the sun was setting at five o'clock
and now it's setting at six thirty
time zones. Time zones.
- [Stephen] Someone is lovin mums cooking.
♪ I find so odd this idea to live ♪
♪ With your hopes on hold ♪
♪ The same way you hold the breath ♪
- Good morning, everybody.
So last night was just a routine stop,
out here in the middle of nowhere,
just somewhere to crash so we can get to our next spot.
But wow, did I have such a good sleep last night.
With the time zone difference
meant the sun came up at seven,
which meant everybody got up at seven.
(upbeat music begins)
♪I met a man once in a log hut ♪
♪ With scars on both eyes and marks from bear claws ♪
♪ A tall lad in a quiet and wild life ♪
♪ Cut and shaped to match the dim of the pines ♪
♪ Like he's not afraid, no ♪
♪ All like he's not aware of ♪
♪ What's like to be in the middle of ♪
♪ A bullseye when everything's out of control ♪
♪ So I said ♪
♪ Sometimes I wish to live life ♪
♪ In complete denial ♪
- Okay, so after a three hour drive,
Hunters excited cause we finished driving.
We drove three whole hours today, basically straight
(Hunter calling her dad)
- [Stephen] All right I'm coming in, I'm coming in.
And we've just arrived at a spot called Katherine
and Hunter doesn't know this yet, we scored the last spot
at this caravan park and it's a popular one because
here there is a little walking trail,
and at the end of the trail, is a hot spring.
She is going to be so excited.
I feel like
- You need to put plenty of time aside.
- Hunter, did you know there's a hot spring here?
(Hunter and Stephen laughing)
♪ Think I got the chance ♪
♪ And I aint gonna waste it ♪
♪ Honey dripping romance ♪
♪ and the hours are fading ♪
I told you there was hot springs.
How beautiful is this?
And it's all free, you just come and swim.
- [Stephen] This is so
- Let's go Hunter.
- [Steven] Wanna come see the edge of the waterfall?
- [Stephen] Honestly,
over the last week we've done some pretty big drives
and we were feeling a little burnt out.
So taking a dip in the Katherine hot Springs
was just the refresher we needed.
♪ Its a crazy cosmic journey but ♪
♪ I'll feel fine ♪
♪ something so right ♪
(Splashing)
- Splash, splash splash.
♪ This is our time ♪
- [Stephen] Plus, I think we found Hunter's tickly spot
which washed away all those long days.
(Hunter giggling uncontrollably)
- [Jess] And one, two, three, go!
(Hunter giggling uncontrollably)
- Are you wearing dad's top?
What you got on?
(Hunter goo's and ga's)
You got on Dad's top. (whip cracking)
Came back from the natural springs.
Wanted to take dad's top.
And now just won't stop wearing dad's top, it's okay.
It looks better on you anyway. (Hunter ululates)
♪ (uplifting piano music begins) ♪
- [Stephen] Up, up, up.
- [Jess] Against all odds wearing dad's oversized top,
two doggies in hand,
this little one decided these were the ideal conditions to
practice her walking,
taking the most steps she has done so far.
- [Stephen] Hi baba, you doing so good!
(uplifting piano music continues)
You're walking.
You're literally just walking, look at this!
Hello, I love how your first steps are in my shirt.
(Stephen cries with joy)
Wow you're doing so good!
Hi!
So good.
Shall we make it a little bit easier for you?
(Steven and Hunter playing and giggling on the bed)
(Hunter giggles)
- Where's Hunter?
There she is!
So Katherine, isn't just known for its refreshing hot pools,
they also have an incredible gorge.
It's located in Nitmiluk National Park.
So we're headed there today and I think we're going to get
there just before sunset.
So we might attempt a hike and this is going to be my first
hike with Hunter, going uphill most of the way.
So, I think this is going to be the hardest one yet.
I feel like whenever we decide to do a big hike,
she has to bring some sort of friend along with her.
(Stephen laughs)
(piano music continues)
- All right, here we go.
- [Stephen] Just when you thought it was
an okay hike.
So beautiful,
getting glimpses of the gorge as we're going up.
We haven't seen it cause we were kind of saving it.
- It's already looking so nice.
Wow.
- [Stephen] Not even at the top yet.
We've made it to the top.
Pretty good spot for sunset. I think.
Look at that.
- [Jess] Just hold tight onto Care Bear.
(Hunter makes baby noises)
- [Jess] Wow,
pretty high up huh?
♪ (Gospel music intro begins) ♪
(Hunter makes baby noises)
- [Jess] What do you think Hunter? Is it a little bit high?
- [Stephen] We did a lot of walking up here.
♪ (Gospel music plays) ♪
♪ (Gospel music continues) ♪
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- So tonight we're staying in the National Park of the
campgrounds just here,
and
there's,
- [Jess] You thinking what I'm thinking?
there's actually we just found out
we've been so lazy.
There's a restaurant at the campground.
- Who wants to cook after a hike, okay.
So I think we need to head to that campground restaurant.
- And get some tucker.
- And actually, I also saw
the pool doesn't close until eight.
(Stephen gasps)
I know. Should we jump in?
- [Stephen] Oh yeah.
(water splashing)
- [Stephen] Are you just in your clothes?
- [Jess] This is so refreshing.
- [stephen] So, just jump in.
- [Jess] Should I do it?
- [Stephen] Just jump in, just jump in.
- [Jess] I'm in my clothes, I don't have anything on me.
Ready?
(splashing)
♪ (didgeridoo humming) ♪
- [Stephen] She gone in with her clothes?
- [Jess] Oh, that's so nice.
(Hunter makes excited noises)
♪ (didgeridoo music continues) ♪
- [Jess] There was one last stop here in Katherine
that was worth getting up before the sun,
a cruise down the beautiful Nitmiluk Gorge.
And as the sun slowly rose,
so did the sheer drop clips surrounding us.
(Tour guide speaking)
- Good morning everybody.
It's the next day.
And we've woken up so nice, bright and early to get the
sunrise cruise down the Gorge and wow.
The sun could be awake somewhere, we can't see it yet,
but we had this beautiful moon
as we were cruising down the gorge. So beautiful.
But we've just stopped off.
We're going to go down to the gorge's and our first stop is
in front of some incredible rock art.
- You see all the rock art all through here.
- [Stephen] Yeah.
- It's right there.
- [Stephen] So beautiful.
How is it still here today? That's amazing.
- [Jess] I know, they said it's almost 10,000 years old.
- [Stephen] Wow.
And it's more of just saying a story of
what type of food was in the area.
So when the locals were living here,
they painted it. What type of food you could expect?
- [Jess] Wow, not the worst place to wake up to.
- [Stephen] Pretty good.
So there's 13 gorges that make up Katherine Gorge.
We're going to be lucky enough to see two of them today
and wow the first stop just towering over us either side.
- [Jess] That was the most beautiful way to end our time
here in Katherine.
But today we are spending the rest of the day driving all
the way up to Darwin, which means the next time you see us,
we'll be in Darwin about to make the journey all the way
down to Alice Springs. So if you're new around here,
make sure you hit subscribe, give this video a like
and we'll see you guys in the next video. Bye.