Days 40, 41, 42 and 43; Saturday July 27, Sunday 28, Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 July, all in 2013.

We left Cooinda on Saturday at a very civilised hour as we were travelling all of 100 k's to Mary River Roadhouse. This place is immediately outside the southern boundary of Kakadu National Park. The best way to describe it is 'rustic' but then again that is what roadhouse type accommodation/parks are all about.

We picked a nice site (we were the first one's there!) and noticed straight away that the bird-life around here was absolutely prolific. A cacophony of bird-song. Fantsamagorical!

After we had settled in and had lunch we travelled back into Kakadu to a place called Gunlom Falls. Now this is one out of the way place and is reached via a rough dirt road (very rough in some places) and I was expecting a heap of isolation....got none of that. Apparently this is a long week-end for The Territory and every man and his dog form around Darwin that is looking for a bit of adventure is right here! Notwithstanding that little issue, I found the place fascinating. Lovely plunge pool and a difficult climb of about 500 metres to the top of the falls, where there were more pools and lots of people taking a dip. We didn't have our bathers with us did we!... not to worry.

The top of Gunlom Falls...look carefully and you can see the creek flowing over the top.

We spent the afternoon enjoying the ambiance there and then did the drive back to Mary River. The Territory handled the rough stuff and corrugations very well. Most happy.

After the dinner we had a few drinks and a long conversation with our overnight neighbours, Nico and Christine and their three young children. These happen to come from a place called Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland. Currently living in Hing Kong, where Nico is the general manager for a small company by the name of Philips....and they both follow P.S.V.

Left Mary River bright and early on Sunday and made our way uneventfully to Hi-Way Inn. That is the name of the roadhouse and location. Nothing else there but we did have a nice site overlooking lots of small termite mounds.

Table is set for dinner: Hi-Way Inn Roadhouse

On Monday we travelled further south for 530 k's (nothing in between) to Wycliffe Well, where we had stayed overnight. Again nothing of note happened, just an easy driving day, watching the geography change and we move along.

Tuesday (is it really Tuesday?) was another easy-going day travelling another 400 k's or so south to Alice Springs. Tried out a new Tourist park called 'G'day Mate' (true). 'Tis truly a nice place to stay. Geraldine was very happy to be in a town of some size so that a bit of retail therapy could be enjoyed. We walked around for quite some time, visiting a shop here and a shop there but would you believe nothing was bought???!!! What gives?

We have booked in for something truly exciting tomorrow...we'll see if it comes off and if it does, I shall report on it on my next post. 'Bye.