Day 32. Headed west today along the Victoria Highway towards Western Australia. 90km outside of Katherine we came across a group of apparently drunk aboriginals lying asleep around their stationary vehicle parked close to the highway strewn with beer cartons. We thought how sad! Then a black snake on the road! We stopped for lunch at the Victoria River Roadhouse just inside the National Park, surrounded by brilliant red flat topped mesas and escarpments of the Victoria River Gorge, the river running 800km to the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Along the way we encountered dozens of US and Australian Army Trucks and large artillery travelling towards Katherine as part of Operation Talisman Sabre. US Marines very friendly waving back to us from their trucks. Finally arrived early afternoon into the small town of Timber Creek, traditional home of the Ngaliwurra and Nungali peoples, for an overnight in the shady van park. Raechel saw her first boab tree! After we set up, a drive out to the nearby old Police Station Museum showing the often violent clashes between aborigines, cattlemen and police from 1897. Next drove up to the lookout for a beautiful panoramic view of Timber Creek and the Victoria River, and an interesting monument to the Nackaroos, our Northern defence commandoes during WW2. Took the red dirt track down to Policeman's Point for a brilliant view of the Victoria River and a croc sunning on the bank. Dinner tonight home cooked pasta with a pesto and smoked salmon sauce. Drove 300km today, sunny 26 degrees. A very interesting day!