Wednesday 21 March 2012

Saturday 17th March 2012 Day 16 Halls Creek WA to Victoria Crossing NT


Early start leaving Halls Creek at 6.30am on our way towards Katherine. It was an interesting drive along the way there were lots of wildlife as as we went on further there were brumbys, dingos, and a couple of frogs.




Got to Doon Doon Roadhouse WA  to fill up and good old Boris (the Kombi) wouldn’t start, lucky we had the  thumper (backup battery). Well off on our way again  and on entering the  NT the roads are narrow bumpy with even large pot holes and the speed limit is 130kpm . 130kpm what a joke we struggle to do 90kpm and you wouldn’t want to go that fast on these roads.

Driving through Gregory National Park  the gorges were quite pretty the rocky walls were red and some with some water falls with the spray drifting in the wind.
Needing petrol we stopped at Timber Creek finding it too be the dearest petrol so far, $2.01per litre. As the light was fading we pondered on to the next camp area arriving at the Victoria Crossing Roadhouse at about 5.30pm. Not knowing what to expect I walked into the roadhouse to find a clean nice little front bar with small dining area where we had dinner after we set up the camper.

Victoria Crossing Roadhouse

T-Bone and a XXXX for tea


The camp area was like being chucked in a paddock with a pole for power but it gave you a sense of being in the bush amongst the corellas and wallabies.
Whilst having dinner I looked out the window to see a medium sized frog, so I asked a lady who informed me it was not a frog but a Cane Toad. 

Victoria Crossing Roadhouse Camp ground NT

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