Here’s our campsites from Tenant Creek (the day after Alice Springs) to Broome.
Tenant Creek - similar to Erldunda, not very busy, not the greatest place in the world but suitable for our needs for a night as we continued to head north
Mataranka - I know others thought it was a great place to stop (especially with the thermal pool) but it really didn't do anything for me at all. Although, the wallabies and peacocks that frequented our campsite were quite interesting.
Darwin - can't say enough (good things of course!) about our Darwin hosts, Dan and Tach. We had a fabulous 4 days with them - in their driveway! Certainly one of my Top 3 places of the trip so far.
Mathison Rest Area - located 104km west of Katherine, this little rest area was situated right on the roadside, but it had all we needed for the night and we ended up sharing the same rest area for the evening with 13 'neighbours' .
Kununurra - relatively 'lush' in comparison to most of our previous campsites. Kununurra is in the strange situation whereby they have TOO MUCH water (due to the Ord River/Lake Argyle irrigation system) and they actually ENCOURAGE you to water the empty caravan sites!
Mary Pool Rest Area - another roadside rest area, this one is located approx. halfway between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing. What a busy place, there must have been 30-plus other vans there for the night. Perhaps the poor reputations of the "locals" in Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing was partly the reason for this...?
Derby - a nice large site, but very dusty. It didn't help that the westering sun meant no shade on our van from the surrounding trees... and the temperature was hitting 38 degrees the afternoon we arrived! Derby itself is nothing to write home about - dusty, hot and smelly (as a result of the mud flats that surround the town as a result of the massive 10 metre tides, the largest in the southern hemisphere).
Broome - the campsite itself was probably the smallest we've had so far, without a blade of grass in sight. As for Broome, I'm still undecided - it certainly has potential, and the short time we had there was enjoyable and chock-full of interesting things to see and do, but we really didn't have enough time there.