Kakadudledeux

After getting the car started and stopping by Jabiru for supplies (but not laundry, sadly), we proceeded to Red Lily Billabong. This is now one of my favourite camping spots ever. Red Lily looks beautiful during the day... but at night when we turned a torch on the water, we could see FOUR pairs of eyes staring back at us!

Fortunately this was the largest wildlife I had to deal with.

Kakadudleduu

After our 2-day detour, we hit the Stuart Highway again, passing through Tennant Creek and Katherine, on the way up to Kakadu National Park. Katherine was a bustling town with it’s on Target Country, so you know it’s hit the big time.

In Kakadu, we took a 60km detour for a hot shower (worth it) then pulled up at Sandy Billabong for a couple of nights. Plenty of signs warning about crocodiles, but no crocodiles yet.

Irony!

Attacked by wildlife, and things you can and can't do with shirts.

Stayed for two nights at a waterhole which surprisingly still had water in it. We managed to get an excellent spot at the end, judging by how many cars made a beeline for it and then drove away in disappointment.

Greg was chased out of the tree by a goanna, and we were also visited by a dingo in the night who kindly licked our plates clean. No dishes, yay!

Wedge Tailed Eagles and a not-quite abandoned homestead (7 October)

Leaving Laverton, we found a couple of Wedge Tailed Eagles feeding off a carcass on the side of the road, and stopped to harass them. The big mama in the photo was HUGE, with a wing span that could have been 2 to 2.5m.

 We finally got onto the Great Central Road, and officially left civilization and cheap diesel ($1.99 at Laverton, $2.33 on the road!) behind.

Unexpectedly good condition of the road.