Day 38

Day 38 25th May

Once again woke up to a magnificent day . Perfect blue sky Sun out and already warm. 21-33 Deg.
Today we pack up and move on to Katherine. Another fairly long day in the car, about 580 Klm’s.
About 80 Klm’s east of Kununurra we reached the Northern Territory border. Here we lost 90 minutes ! The clocks had to go back the 90 minutes to match up with N.T. time. This still puts us 30 minutes less than the eastern states.
Along the route we stopped at a wayside rest area, you would have to see this place to believe it ! The toilets we as clean as any public toilets I have seen.
Here we had ravioli on toast and coffee. Like I keep telling you all, life’s tough out here in the outback!!!!!

Onward to Timber Creek reached there by 1145. Place chockers of our Brothers. The noise was something to hear!!!! Half of the men were drunk some of the women were, well lets just say happier than usual. The whole of the service station was a footy match!!! The kids were all over the place. I spoke to one older guy, who switched from his dialect to English , that quick, he amazed me!! Like I said to Brenda, they have one thing over me they can speak two languages!!!!
We grabbed a coffee there and headed out very quickly!!

Just down the road we stopped at the Durack memorial. If anyone has read “KINGS IN GLASS CASTLE” they know of what I am referring to. They were an Irish immigrant family that arrived in Sydney moved to N.T. And started one of the largest cattle properties in the N.T.

Our next stop Was Victoria River. Lunch ( hot dogs) and a cup of tea. Nice location, right on the banks of the Victoria River. Seems like a nice place to stay, maybe next trip!!!!

We arrived at Katherine at 3.30 very hot ,but not humid. It wasn’t until I got here, did I remember what it was like!! The park is big, the sites are about 1klm from the office. They have a spa, swimming pool and a bar! Which we went to the bar for the usual “medicine” but wouldn’t serve us unless we bought a meal! So , as you can expect we left and regrouped at the vans!!!

Brenda has booked us on a cruise up the Katherine Gorge tomorrow so that will be brilliant .
We have had dinner , the footy on the TV (St Kilda- Freo). What else can a man ask for, Oh! by the way the beer is icy cold too!!!!!! That’s the new Engel for you!!!
Well its been a huge day so I think we will be off to bed early tonight. See you all in cyberspace tomorrow!!!!