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.

The Lost City, and Butterfly Springs (15-16 October)

Driving in the NT is a lot of fun, with long stretches without a speed limit. I laughed every time we hit a “limit” of 130, since the fastest the Troopie can manage is 125! The minor highways were less fun. We spent a lot of time on the highway through the Tablelands to get to the “Lost City” in Limmen National Park, which turned out to be a single lane dual way road. So there was a fair bit of getting off the road to make way for road trains.

The Devil's Lost His Marbles (14 October)

Drove along the Stuart Highway until a natural formation called the “Devil’s Marbles”. Stopped to camp overnight. Amazing views.

The NT Rocks

Upon arriving in the NT, we went on an early morning 3.5 hour stomp around the Olga’s, which were amazing and awesome.

Wave Rock, the way to Kalgoorlie, and a plane crash (5-6 October)

After the hassle of Mt Hassel, we ended up staying 2 nights outside of Lake Grace, then proceeded to drive to Wave Rock using only back dirt roads. Unlike on the drive down to Denmark, passing drivers waved constantly. Probably locals. Not sure if it was much of a shortcut, but it was a nice drive.

Not pictured: Me sliding down the rock face.

Albany and accidentally doing the Stirling Ranges (03 October)

Dropped into Albany. Checked out The Gap and walked Nature's Bridge

Decided not to tackle Albany highway and accidentally found the Stirling Ranges.

Thought we might have a bit of a romp and stomp.

Balingup 29-30 Sept

Finally got started on 29th September, a week after our proposed date. We drove down to Balingup to spend the with Lucy and Aiden. Meant only to stay one night, but it happened to be Lucy's day off, so we spent two.

Driveway camping