We had Territory’s Day, which
means everybody can buy fireworks!! What a spectacular night, we were still
camped on Rainbow cliffs and could see fireworks all over the Gove peninsular;
it was sooooo pretty & of course we had the bush TV to watch as well.
It was with great sadness that we left Nhulunbuy
behind and headed out to Maccassan Beach for 2 nights, which is about 6oklm
from Nhulunbuy & also over looks Cape Arnhem Peninsular. It was windy here,
very pretty and no other campers came in. We walked along the beaches &
rocks, and we even found a nice safe rock pool to have a bath in!!
We travelled further down the
track and came a cross some local Aboriginal’s, that had broken down the day
before (Shared his wheel studs), he had been in to town and brought replacement
and was trying to fix it, he was trying hard, but not quite getting there,
anyhow, we stopped for about an hour or so and Steve with his experienced bush
mechanics, soon had them back on the road!! The guy’s name was Darren and he
was very grateful and we were disgusted than no one else stopped to offer to
help!!! Let’s hope they don’t break down and need assistance!! The Aboriginal’s
up here are very different from the one’s we see in the cities, and up here you
feel the white do gooder’s do rip them off.
We found a bush camp which was
stunning, still in the lush green forest’s and the nearest settlement was
150klm away. We pulled of the road at 2pm and no other vehicle’s past by on the
road after this time. During the night I woke up and it was dead
silent-fantastic, even the insects were silent…..amazing!! The satellite’s
& shooting stars were also amazing out here.
Further down the track and we had the Goyder River crossing,
as well as several creek crossings. As it was deep on the way up the track, we
decided to use the water bra, and guess what…… the river had dropped a lot
after just over 2 weeks. The track was
in a sorry state due to excessive use from the ‘sorry business’ and the school
holidays. On our journey we saw many Buffalo, one we must have startled and he
was trying to do a runner and Steve was trying to wind him up!! We saw some in
a water hole. We saw Emu’s, a lot of bird life of all colours, cattle & 64
horses. We stopped at Bullon store and it was so sad, these Aboriginal’s were
disgusting and it spoiled our rose coloured vision we had of the Gove
Peninsular. The next servo we stopped at, they were telling us of a white man
that had wrapped his 4 wd round a tree, just a couple of days earlier. Also we
meant a family that had rolled their camper trailer (it was a right off) they
said they had faulty suspension and it wasn’t anything to do with the driving!!
Magnetic termite mound- North to South.
Me and a Magnetic Termite mound.
Emu Springs - Aboriginal Settlement.
Steve in a lovely hall- Emu Springs.
A Buffalo making a run for it!!!
Buffalo staying cool in the Billabong.
Buffalo.
Termite Farmer!!!
We had a big clean up in
Katherine, before moving on to Edith Falls (which last year on our trip was not
cleared of crocs, so we couldn’t swim). On arrival we just swam in the lower
pool, which is lovely. On our second day we did the 8.6klm return walk (plus
another 2klm when we missed the turning)!!! So we headed past the upper pool
& lookout, to Long Water pool and on to another set of pool’s (with no
name) where we had a quick swim before heading up to Sweet Water pool. This was
beautiful up here, as always the best things are on the longest walks and most
people don’t bother to do it!! At the busiest time there were 8 people here and
it was stunning and excellent for swimming & relaxing under the falls. We
spend most of the day up here, lunch and returned to the Upper pool for a late
afternoon swim. A glorious day!!
The lower pool at Edith Falls.
Steve at Long Water Hole.
Dee at long Water pool.
Me having a swim.
Steve having a swim.
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