Day 19. A short drive out to the site of the old Elsey Homestead and the memorial cemetery where so many of Jeannie Gunn's local characters are buried from her famous 1908 novel 'We of the Never Never' depicting the harsh life in the outback. Raechel later bought the DVD of the 1982 movie for us to watch tonight. Morning tea at Stockyard Gallery and quick visit to the Barra feeding. Afternoon spent at nearby Bitter Springs floating down the Little Roper River on...

Days 17 & 18. Up early as we are doing a very long haul north of 1,100km over two days to reach Mataranka Springs just south of Katherine. Our first stop Wycliffe Wells for lunch then onto Barrow Creek, an old Telegraph Station, stopping for a walk at The Devils Marbles. Giant round red boulders neatly balanced on each other! Refuelled at Tennant Creek, a wild looking outback town, then onto Banka Banka Cattle Station where we stopped the night. Campfire, ba...