{"id":7212,"date":"2014-08-11T06:49:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T06:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2014-08-28T06:52:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T06:52:34","slug":"day-435-keep-river-keep-river-national-park-nt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?p=7212","title":{"rendered":"Day 435: Keep River \u2013 Keep River National Park, NT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 11 August 2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 188.9kms<\/p>\n<p>We managed to catch the tide coming in, but it wasn\u2019t a wave like we expected. It just ran in quickly.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7212 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7213'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1.-Keep-River-6.40am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7213\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7213'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 6.40am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7214'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1a.-Keep-River-7.34am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7214\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7214'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 7.34am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7215'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2.-Keep-River-7.42am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7215\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7215'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 7.42am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7216'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3.-Keep-River-7.50am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7216\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7216'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 7.50am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7217'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/4.-Keep-River-8.08am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7217\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7217'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 8.08am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7218'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5.-Keep-River-8.53am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7218\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7218'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 8.53am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7219'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/6.-Keep-River-6.41am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7219\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7219'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 6.41am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7220'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/7.-Keep-River-7.34am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7220\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7220'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 7.34am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7221'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/8.-Keep-River-7.42am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7222'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/9.-Keep-River-7.50am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7222\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7222'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 7.50am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7223'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/10.-Keep-River-8.08am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7223\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7223'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 8.08am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7224'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/11.-Keep-River-8.53am-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7224\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7224'>\n\t\t\t\tKeep River 8.53am\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We left camp around 9am, and passed two road trains moving slowly on the dirt. We grabbed diesel at the Ord River Co-Op which is the cheapest diesel in Kununurra. We headed back out the other side of town to Packsaddle Road, to the Zebra Rock Gallery. We got to look through the gallery, see a man working in the workshop and Elokin and Hendrix got to feed the fish off the jetty in the Upper Ord. They were catfish and black bream, and one of the dogs loved to stand in the water watching the fish swim and then chase them around. Elokin and Hendrix found it rather amusing. We bought ourselves a bag of unfinished zebra rocks for $25 before heading a bit further up Packsaddle Rd to Oria Orchard where Elokin and Hendrix enjoyed picking their own cherry tomatoes. They picked 500g and they were so delicious, they didn\u2019t make it to town. We got replacement ribs at Coles which we thoroughly enjoyed for dinner tonight with chips.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-7212 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7226'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/12.-Popeye-dancing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7226\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7226'>\n\t\t\t\tPopeye dancing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7227'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/13.-Feeding-the-fish-at-Zebra-Rock-Gallery-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7227\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7227'>\n\t\t\t\tFeeding the fish at Zebra Rock Gallery\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7228'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14.-Dog-swimming-with-the-fish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7228\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7228'>\n\t\t\t\tDog swimming with the fish\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7229'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/15.-Elokin-and-Hendrix-picking-their-own-cherry-tomatoes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7229\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7229'>\n\t\t\t\tElokin and Hendrix picking their own cherry tomatoes\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?attachment_id=7230'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/16.-Elokin-and-Hendrix-enjoying-picking-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-7230\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-7230'>\n\t\t\t\tElokin and Hendrix enjoying picking\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>At 4.30pm we officially crossed the NT border, which then meant we lost 1.5hrs so it became 6pm rather quickly! We raced the sun to Keep River National Park arriving at the first campground to find it full as the sky turned to red. We then continued to Jarnem campground and arrived just as it was getting dark to take the last camp spot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7231\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/17.-Welcome-to-the-Northern-Territory.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7231\" src=\"http:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/17.-Welcome-to-the-Northern-Territory-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to the Northern Territory\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/17.-Welcome-to-the-Northern-Territory-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/17.-Welcome-to-the-Northern-Territory-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/17.-Welcome-to-the-Northern-Territory.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcome to the Northern Territory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Until next time\u2026. Happy and Safe Travels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 11 August 2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 188.9kms We managed to catch the tide coming in, but it wasn\u2019t a wave like we expected. It just ran in quickly. We left camp around 9am, and passed two road trains moving slowly on the dirt. We grabbed diesel at the Ord River Co-Op which is the cheapest diesel in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/?p=7212\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 435: Keep River \u2013 Keep River National Park, NT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[199,5,6,7,8,3,4],"tags":[623,624,620,622,56,625,614,621,626,22,28,31,627],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7232,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7212\/revisions\/7232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seeingoz.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}