Thursday, 20 May 2010
Trippin
Timber Creek roadhouse, 1 fuel pump, 1 bar and one young scouser working there. Kunnunarra was slightly bigger and even had a supermarket. Here we met Alan and Faye an older Australian couple who do as so many older Australian couples do and spend their time driving around Australia from caravan park to caravan park pulling behind them their 5 star accomodation, they've even got a washing machine. Both had haircuts and Faye was over the moon to have someone show her how to put her photos on her lap top then on to her face book account, while Alan and I talked and talked and talked. He's classic Australian and comes out with some beautiful metaphors that had me in fits. Talking about the Nullabor plain "mate, it's flatter than a ciccada's head" and about how famous he is for rabbiting on "mate, I could talk underwater with me mouth full'a marbles". Brilliant.
Parks
Some people may wonder why we didn't visit Kakadu, two reasons, most of the 4x4 tracks to the waterfalls were still closed (due to the wet season) and they've just started charging $25 per person to enter. Katherine gorge again was all a bit slick and a bit expensive for us so we turned West and headed for Gregory national park which was also closed! Along the road there are plenty of 24hr free campsites. Basic but bloody handy when you just want to get a few miles done. Obviously some are more pituresque than others and these tend to be well known and slightly abused, but we haven't found any of them yet. Onwards and for the first time actually heading back which was confirmed when we reached the WA border and had to wind our watches back 1 1/2 hours!
Moving on..
It's so good to be back on the road again! It's not a big update because we want to keep moving but briefly since leaving Darwin; We headed South to Katherine where they play country music 24 hrs a day from a tanoy system along the one main street and you have to have I.D to buy alcohol even if you're 70. On to the Litchfield National Park which was small and beautiful, swimming in the rock holes and under the water falls was a highlight, listening to some bint from London bore the three guys she was with to death all evening was the lowlight.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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