Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Hi all.

Time to sit and think about what we have been up to since last we put pen to paper.
We departed Alice Springs on Monday 2 June with a long drive ahead of us, 202 km.  Well that a long drive for us and it is the Territory. We spent the night camped up at Ti Tree.  The following morning it was off to The Devils Marbles.  It's a free camp that costs you $3.30 per person.  A lovely spot to camp except for all the other campers.  We did get to see a wild Dingo walking among the rocks. Wednesday saw us on the road again, up through the Three Ways and on to Renner Springs.  We were entertained that evening by a travelling singer on his way to Darwin for a couple of gigs he had been booked for there.  Thursday saw us do the longest single day drive for quite some time.  Renner Springs to a free camp at South Warlock Rest Area, 379 km. Stopped in at the Daly Waters Pub on the way through.  Not to sure what every one raves about, but we can now say that we went there.
Next stop Katherine.  Well 9 km west at a lovely little place called Manbulloo Homestead.  It was a large station in its day, however, it has since been divided up into smaller packages of land.  The camp area is located with the original homestead.  A couple of nights there gave us time to discover Katherine and head out to Katherine Gorge.  Very spectacular but also very expensive if you want to do all the tourist things.
Sunday was a long drive north (165 km) to Pine Creek. Nothing much to see there so we headed east (2 km) and set up camp at Pussycat Flats, yes, you read it correctly, I did say Pussycat Flats. It is a lovely old country race track with beautiful grassed areas to camp.  It also has a licensed bar and provides good meals at a reasonable price.  This was a keeper so we stayed three nights.  One of the other campers was a keyboard player so I dragged out the 12 string and we provided the entertainment for the evening.
After three nights we headed onward to Darwin and spent the first five nights at the tightest caravan park I have ever seen.  The owner fitted 84 campers into a park built for 60 at the most and they still charged $34 per night.  We got it at that "cheap" price as we are pensioners.  Monday 16 June we moved 16 km closer to Darwin CBD to the Berrimah Polo Club grounds where we still call home for a couple of more days.  Our  are next door neighbours are members of the criminal population.  Yep, we're right next door to the Berrimar Prison.  We hope to escape on Friday morning.
Had a look through the War Museum and wandered the Mindil Markets, took in the most wonderful sunset from Fannie Bay and last night had dinner at a great little Jazz Club at Parap.  Life is never dull.
Until next time.
Keep the shiny side up.
All the best.
Col & Helen
Old Farts on Tour. 

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