Buck took the boat out on Saturday after Anzac Day,one more time and was rewarded with 9 more whiting,that's the freezer full !Sunday was taken packing up and getting organised to be on the road Monday morn.packing up leaves you with no bright ideas of joining the circus!!!! Takeaway from the camp kiosk and the wind started blowing and the van starting rockin,with the wind that is,so not much sleep was had by me,his lordship snored his way through it!!
MONDAY28TH APRIL..
On the road towards Kimba,meeting up with Julie and Alan, Chelsea's inlaws,they are off to do the Birdsville Trek with some friends.Big drinking day and we sauntered off to the Kimba Pub for dinner looking and feeling a little worse for wear,but as Jules said "It's only Kimba,love!"
Windy and dusty,I reckon the farmers must loose a lot of topsoil!
On the Stuart highway headed for Darwin 2660 kms! Rainy day but great for travelling!
The above scene is 15 kms south of Pimba and it is a salt lake Island Lagoon..Narrangar tracking station was established here between1950 and 1970 (Deep Space Station4),first deep station outside of the USA ,picked up early detections of missile launches and nuclear detonations! Closed on 22 nd December 1972.The shot doesn't do it justice,vast and magnificent out in the middle of nowhere ! Narrangar,aboriginal meaning Listen!
Arrived at Coober Pedy around 5 pm ,big day,Buck topped up with fuel.too late by the time we set up to cook,or that's my story,we had pizza from park restaurant. Amazing old italian couple,I reckon in their seventies,home made dough and the mamma had the black scarf around her head,great pizzas,glass of wine and early to bed!
WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL.....
UP EARLY AND ON THE ROAD BY 7 am ,rain has gone clear blue sky.Coober Pedy had 150 ml of rain 2 weeks ago so that was more than their annual lot in one day,the dugouts didn't fair to well!
Giant gopher holes,not!!
Upright structure are the drilling rigs,couldn't get close as I would have been knee deep in red mud even wearing my new boots!
I'd like to know how any acres of land in the are has been mined,it's definitely spread out further since we were here few years back!
When the going gets tough,the tough get goin!!!
11.45am across the Border into Northern Territory,that's 430 kms so far today!! Stopped for a cup of tea and left over ol pizza!
Scenery has changed,a few more rocks and a lot more green scrub and taller trees!
Stopped at Erldunda Roadhouse,turn off to Ayers Rock for fuel,Buck not impressed, $2.10 for diesel,popped in $60 and we'll fill up in Alice Springs as it's the principle,not quite sure how they can charge that much!! Captive audience!
Even though it's man made,it was still in a cage!!!!
Also in a cage but definitely alive,poor things,shame I didn't have some fence cutters,they'd be gone !!!!
Travelled 850kms towards Darwin,called in to the aboriginal town of Aileron,roadhouse,bar ,restaurant and caravan park but we' ll push on another 60 kms to Ti- Tree.
This statue of a male aborigine looks down over Aileron and also a large female with child and a goanna at her feet!
Buck has had enough,off the road at a roadside stop,heap of vans already there ,set up around a fire,this will do! 900kms is a big day but there isn't much to stop for! Enjoyed our night around the fire with the group,early to bed and we are on the road by 6.45am,showered in the van,even watched some shows on tv last night I'd recorded! Battery power and gas,tanks full of water and it's great !
THURSDAY1ST MAY......
Stopped off at one of my favourite spots 100 kms south from Tenant Creek-DEVILS MARBLES,I find this place magical and hope to see it again and again. Last time we camped here and I watched the colours change on them as the sun went down ,drank a bottle of champagne and smiled,although the flies are really friendly but it was good to stop have a chat to some other travellers and take some photos! Bliss!
Beautiful day!
One for each of us !
Cost is minimal to stay and there are toilets plus a few dingos that come in later in the afternoon.. Hope you can read how the marbles were form about 17 million years ago!
A secret meeting place!!! See you next time!
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