At around 9 am I get the itchies, it’s getting already hot, the flies are chasing me and I want to move. Ten deep breaths and nothing changes. Marjo offers to do poop patrol and empties the cassette. Then it’s time to roll up the awning and hit the road. We have two last attractions, the cascades (which are 3 km return walk and we don’t want to leave the dogs alone for that long when we’re just starting to travel) which we give a miss and then the Wangi Falls. That’s a great place with stereo falls. Tempting enough to have our morning dip.
Then we follow the road back to Katherine, first the curvy road to Batchelor.
We take some fuel and now we have mobile reception call Niki and Joran to thank them for their nice fathers day messages. We hadn’t even remembered, but now we do I take full advantage!
Then we stop at the same road stop as the way up. The dogs love it.
Well Dotti almost drowned while Marjo posed (it wasn’t that way but the photo worked out that way).
Then we pass the hazy road, which seems to be another back burn bushfire.
We don’t want to travel too far so decide to stay in Pine Creek. It has two options: something with Cat, Pussy and Flat and a Lazy Lizard. We stop at the Cat but it’s sunny, dusty and bare. Not my kind of Pussy Cat. So on to the Drunken Lizard which seems to be the bulls eye, a pub with live music, a shady spot, a nice cool pool and a bit of a breeze and a chatty German neighbour.
Despite it being fathers day I offer to make dinner. So I head to the pub for another beer from the tap and takeaway: Marjo schnitzel and Axel grilled Barramundi. We decided to go halves. Yummie!
Posted from Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia.
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