The landscape has changed again with palm trees appearing between the enormous termite mounds,towering between 2-3 metres high.We've visited Mataranka before and this time decided to stay at the Territory Manor caravan park.Twice a day the park managers feed the barramundi in their lake, giving visitors the chance to enter the water and 'fish' for them.These barra are not destined for the dinner plate, as the park managers have specially trained them to eat the pilchards used in the feedings.They have also added an informative talk and display of cane toads since we last visited.The toads have become so numerous that kids staying in the park are encouraged to participate in a nightly cane toad hunt. Misty and Declan were each given certificates for catching over forty toads on the night they participated - that's not all the toads that were collected either, in one night!

Cutta is the aboriginal word meaning star and in the aboriginal language the word is repeated to indicate 'many'.The formations inside Cutta Cutta Caves contain mineral deposits that shimmer in the light like (you may have guessed) many stars which is why the aboriginal people have given them this name.Micro-bats make their home within the caves and snakes seek them out for lunch.We were lucky enough to spot a brown tree snake nestled inside a crevice high in the cave.