Spent a week at Alice then a week up to Katherine.

Ute to Nissan – booked in for Tuesday to check the towbar - recall letter received!!!! Will take all day
– or even longer so have booked another 5 days here at the Caravan Park. Polished the ute!
Loved the corner wall on the Stuart Highway.
Worked out how to get the TV on to the bracket – quite a bit of trial and
error and growling but did it! Not sure how I will stop it moving when
travelling but will sort that out when the time comes. Stumbled across classic
gold radio and have been singing along all day – all the OLD familiar ones!!!! Loved the corner wall on the Stuart Highway.
Up to ANZAC hill,
telegraph station, and Simpsons Gap. Decided just another gap in these ranges
so no point looking at the rest of them – getting cynical again!

Ute service done but they didn’t even have to take the towbar off!!!! Now I am cross. They should have decided that last week instead of me staying 5
extra days at this Caravan Park – extra $160! I asked a couple of times for the old coot to come and look at it for me! Still – peace of mind I guess!
Trying to have a thunderstorm this afternoon – few spits. Should have put the
awning in!


toot. Called in to Wycliffe to see the 'aliens'......
Passed the nutter Irish runner again not far out of
Alice. More hills but mostly vast flood plains still. Up into the Barkley
Tablelands again. Very dry on the hills but still plenty of dry grass on the
flats. A couple I met at Jericho are here. Someone using a chainsaw down a bit further,
and cattle mooing – wonder if it is weaning time? Beside the road here but at
least a bit more room than most of the other ones.

Thought about staying but decided to go to Devils
Marbles instead. Very nice spot. $3.30 per person per night. Walked around the
amazing rocks. Another good chatty happy hour. Very windy in the
mornings the last couple of days. Flies bad but the cream does seem to work on
arms anyway.



Some of the termintes along this part of the road have been 'dressed' - one was Santa!.
Change in vegetation
once past Newcastle – out of the Barkley Tablelands with low trees and in to bigger
trees and masses of long green grass. Heaps of road kill now and have to slow right down for all the eagles eating it - especially in the mornings. They are very slow to get into the air and there is always one that sits there until the last possible moment.
To Daly Waters – fuel and internet/emails etc.
then to DW pub for a toasted sandwich lunch. Met the people in the yellow bus
who were at Devils Marbles. Chilli not there for a few more weeks so on up to
Larrimah – Pink Panther pub. $22 at Caravan Park. Had a shower then to the pub
for a beer – chat to old stockman for a while then looked at all the birds etc.
in the cages! Tour van with backpackers staying also and a couple of others. No
meals here. Very hot night.
Passed 2 good camps
– one just passed Larrimah, the other 46 south of Katherine - dump point there
so emptied loo. Staying at Shady Acres Caravan Park – lovely spot and very nice
facilities. Managed to back in right beside the pad too!!!!
Saw the yellow bus in town. Seem to be bumping in to the same people often on
this trip.
May not post so often now - going over 'old' ground soon, but am trying to find different places to stop, and will definitely camp more.
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