Camper Van - Day 5 (Back to Darwin)

Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Mon 11 Oct 2010 04:54
 
Monday 11th October
 
Day 5 - Heading home to Darwin
 
For our final morning we had the pleasure of a more wallaby's and kangaroo's plus this beautiful bird sat up in the tree above our van. We certainly haven't been disappointed with the amount of wildlife that we've seen. The only thing missing was a koala!
 
 
Instead of heading back out of the park the same way we came we decided to go via Berry Springs which involved 42 km of unsealed road but we had been assured that it was perfectly suitable for our campers so off we went.
 
 
It most definitely was not suitable but we decided to plough on as we'd come too far to turn round. The van was shaking violently as we drove very slowly over the severely rutted road. It wasn't a very pleasant journey!
 
 
So when we reached the tarmac we were so happy........
 
 
Only to find this again about 1 km further on!!!! You can imagine our disappointment!
 
  
 
Going slow did have it's benefits though as we spotted this 2 ft long lizard sat at the side of the road in the shade. As well as this unusual sign!
 
 
One final road train for you!
 
All-in-all we had a superb time out in the outback. The general consensus was that we preferred Litchfield to Kakadu as the scenery was more varied and being able to swim in the waterfalls was a huge bonus. Kakadu is just so vast that what you see in a one hour plane ride would take you weeks to explore by driving.
 
It's back to life at sea now as we prepare for our trip to Indonesia. We'll be leaving on Wednesday morning for a 3 day passage to Kupang.