Campsite - Manbulloo Homestead

Goodbye 2020, it’s been different. Photo of the last bit of light for 2020. Here’s to a fabulous 2021. #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #tourismnt #ntaustralia #katherinent

Happy New Year! Meanwhile here is a snake trying to get in the bird cage. #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #ntaustralia #katherinent

56mm and still drizzling, Edith and Ferguson are loving it! #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #ntaustralia #katherinent

69.5mm last night. We have finally had decent rainfalls. Our total so far is the same as last year for the whole wet season. #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #ntaustralia #katherinent

The bins the day after the mango workers have a party. This is just one of the many bin areas.

Christmas Day sunset. #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #ntaustralia #katherinent

NOT a good day by the look of it !! - taken somewhere "up north" lol

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from all the staff at Manbulloo Homestead and 1000000 flying ants. #manbulloohomestead #tourismtopend #ntaustralia #katherinent

Love the rain we have been having. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopend

Shifting the weaners.

Very pleased to see some green pick appearing. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopend

We have big grins this morning, 29mm overnight and a bit chilly (Lexi had to put a jacket on)(will be back to sweating by smoko).

Just got a massive dust storm, pity the storm went around and all we got was dust.

52.5mm and still raining! Love it. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #tourismnt

Dust among a brewing storm. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopend

Massive dust storm yesterday afternoon. You don’t want to see the amount of red dirt in some buildings. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopend

Brian moving the cattle.

16mm last night!!

Genius People Who Found a Way To Protect Their Christmas Trees From Pets

How awesome is this.

Lots of lovely things happening around town for Christmas - please support them.

Ear tagging the cattle ready for sale. Clement and Laurianne from France learning to be ringers. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopend

Our last muster to sell off all our breeders and heifers due to no rain. We are only keeping our weaners and a handful of cows with calves. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent

Heartbreaking just how dry it is. We have had 2 terrible wet seasons in a row and our biggest rain for the beginning of this wet season is 7mm. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #abcdarwin

On an extra hot day a mango smoothie goes down a treat. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #visitkatherine #tourismnt #tourismtopendnt

Cocky Apple (Planchonia Careya).Native bush tucker. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent

Great week ahead, boiling hot and still no rain.

Wishing for rain.

Feeding the cattle and horses.

At the Victoria River, Timber Creek, NT.

Mango season is in full swing. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent #mangoes#tourismtopend #visitkatherine

Hiding out in the paddock in a tree.

Thank you Aleki for your awesome music.

Fingers crossed this will happen.

Our first rain last night, 11mm. Hopefully there is more to come.

5 day hike from Katherine Gorge to Edith Falls.

Thank you to everyone who came to the sunset drinks event last night.

Starts today.

Photo’s of last nights fire off in the distance taken from the caravan park by awesome Jessey Jackson. Thanks for letting me share them. (We are not in harms way-it’s contained and under control).

Massive winds (same as a week ago), 24 hour fire ban and what do we have to the west? A massive fire! We should be all good, got burnt out that way a month or so ago.

Got very excited yesterday with the amount of clouds in the sky, some were even a bit dark. Today not a cloud in sight.

Katherine river

Thank you to Shinee and Mike for making this video for us.

Speckles our female red tailed black cockatoo loves smoko time. #manbulloohomestead #katherinent

Katherine Bird Festival is ON (albeit a little smaller this year) Registration will be required and qualify you for the following: Guided Bird Activites 11,12,1...3th Sep - $5.50pp Guided Bird Boat Cruise 12th Sep - $60adult $30child Sunset Drinks 'n Birds at Manbulloo 11th Sep $25pp **Book at Eventbrite (links below)** Manbulloo Sunset, Drinks n' Birds https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/118084587179 Friday Morning Guided Birdwalk/watch - Nitmiluk https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/118077841001 Saturday Morning Guided Birdwalk/watch - Nitmiluk https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/118080348501 Saturday morning Bird Boat Cruise https://nitmiluktours.respax.com/public/booking Sunday Morning Guided Birdwalk/watch - Nitmiluk https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/118082155907

About to begin our 5 day Jatbula trek (Katherine Gorge to Edith Falls).

We dined out at Marksie’s - great night, highly recommend.

Tonight, the wonderful Jessey Jackson will be performing at 5pm on the old truck. Bring your chair and a

We offer feeding the calves (weaners)trip at 8.30am each morning. Pick up is at the entrances to the Caravan Park.

The Northern Territory has stayed safe from the spread of coronavirus by acting early whenever a threat appears. Tonight we have acted again. From midnight, all... of Greater Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich will be declared a hot spot for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory. Any arrivals from tomorrow who have been in these areas will be sent into mandatory supervised quarantine for 14 days. While the numbers in Brisbane are still low, the Chief Health Officer has considered the data and advised that the risk of spread in these areas is unacceptably high. And we don’t take risks here. These areas are a threat to the Territory, so our borders will close to them. I know this may shock people. I know it will disrupt a lot of lives. And I’m sorry about that. Remember why we are doing this - to save lives. To keep us all safe. We’ve seen what happens when you wait too long or act too slowly with coronavirus. We will not take those chances here in the Territory. We will keep doing whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to keep the Territory safe.

Sold more cattle today. After only having 360mm of rain for our whole wet season we have had to destock drastically.

Winning names are Edith (female) and Fergusson (male). Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Teddy Bear Bee. #manbulloohomestead

Tonight 5pm at the old truck, come and join us to listen to the wonderful Jessey Jackson perform.

Thank you to everyone that submitted names. We narrowed it down to; Bonnie & Clyde Mork & Mindy Edith & Fergusson (these are rivers north of Katherine, the Edith river flows into the Fergusson).... Vote by using the like button, hold down to choose a reaction for the name you choose. Thank you!

Far too cold for us.

Recommend visiting Top Didj and booking into the cultural experience. A lot of fun and informative. Well worth going. Videos in comments.

Did a Gorge tour, the water level is the lowest I’ve ever seen.

We are asking you for help with naming our newest additions. The smaller water buffalo is a boy and the larger one is a girl. We will choose 2 names for each then have a vote. Thanks

Thank you to Jessey Jackson for entertaining us whilst she is in isolation. We even got to hear 2 of her new songs she wrote a day ago. Fantastic!

Tonight 5pm Jessey Jackson will be singing from the balcony of cabin 2. Her last quarantine gig before being allowed to roam free! Bring along a chair and a drink.

Lexi caught a catfish.

Just dropping the kids off at school! Local photographer Paul Thomsen captured this beautiful moment of a male comb-crested jacana with his chicks at Yellow W...aters Billabong. The comb-crested jacana is an Australian native waterbird and can be spotted around Top End wetlands. They're also known as lotus birds or Jesus birds for their ability to seemingly walk on water. Male Jacana's are like stay-at-home dads, as the mother disappears after laying the eggs, leaving him to look after the chicks. When the father senses danger he will bundle his chicks up in his wings to carry them to safety. How cute!

The wonderful Jessey Jackson put on a performance for us. We had to go to her as she is currently in quarantine in one of our cabins. She will be entertaining again this Saturday 27/6 at cabin 2. Why not come out and stay with us and have a listen.

Hope to see everyone soon.

Combined effort to land the Barra. With the line whistling off the reel at a great rate Lexi was struggling to hang on, so Mum to the rescue!

Barramundi catch and release yesterday in the Katherine River.

Thank you to everybody that stayed with us over the long weekend we are very grateful you are supporting us.