We're quite excited today as we are venturing into territory neither of us has been before. The roads are long which the norm out here, but the landscape changes practically every 5-10 kms travelled, from grasslands to bush to escarpments. We cross the bridge over Victoria River in Gregory National Park. Take a pit stop at the roadhouse and a wander down to the bridge. Just about every road house, inn, station has photos adorning the walls of crocs caught close by, this road house no different, though they also have pics of buffalo hunting.
We decide to camp up tonight at Big Horse Creek Campground, just right past Little Horse Creek of course. Both creeks run into the Victoria River. It seems a popular fishing spot for boaties. This stop is 177km east of NT/WA border, nearly there! Only toots at this stop, but we have enjoy a very refreshing bucket bath in the twilight hours. Lots of campers here, $3.30 pp. These national parks all have honour boxes with envelopes for leaving the fees. Who can spot my Darl in this Boab tree? They are huge out here, this one actually had shortened star pickets in the trunk to make it easier for Darl to climb. If you haven't worked it out by now, he loves climbing things.
We jump on the treddlies and take a quick tour around, 500 metres back along the track there is a photo opportunity, identified by a picture of a camera on a road sign. It's a bridge with a gate on the other side, we can only go this far as this is the Bradshaw Field Training Area. Lots of warning signs, Do Not Enter etc., and "If you touch anything it could explode" this convinces us not the test the boundaries.... We just pose for a couple pics instead. Below if you can see us shimmering in the sun light, that's not the Banana Boat, that's SWEAT!
We decide to be a little adventurous tonight and camp out under the stars! We have a blow up mattress, got the compressor onto that. But no sheets or pillows they are on the bed in the camper. So we improvise with jackets for pillow, a couple of sleeping bags, though we don't need for warmth, just to keep the mossies and any other little creepy crawlies at bay. Not we are also armed with the Baygon and Bushmans. Next time we think we should plan ahead and maybe buy a mossie net as well.
We woke with a start with lots of Correlas camping in the trees, breaking out in loud chorus. Other happy campers noticed also and they threw what sounded like a rock at the tree and they all took off. Good on ya! We sussed out the other campers about how strict quarantine are at the NT/WA border, they are very strict so we cooked up all our vegies (no raw allowed) and had salad for dinner. We also threw the bit of honey as this is a big no no too. Peeled the garlic and threw that in the pickled onion bottle.
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