Day 25 - Mataranka Every morning at Little Roper they have free billy tea with freshly made Johnny cakes and puff-da-loons (for $1 each) which you add spread too. They were so yummy and we also bought a loaf of freshly made bread for lunch. They also bring out a snake and blue tongue lizards for the kids to hold around the campfire. I did lots of washing then walked 2km to the Mataranka Homestead with one of the families and Bronte rode with the girls. Bronte ...

Day 24 - Daly Waters to Mataranka (172km/3 hrs) We only had a quick drive today so we weren’t in a rush so Rog cooked bacon & eggs for breakfast while we chatted to our friends next door. We then looked more at the memorabilia in the pub and took some photos before we departed at 9:40am. We stopped at the WWII airport and looked at the hangar and information board. Rog’s grandfather was killed in the war on his way home when his plane crashed in QLD. ...

227 kms / 9 ½ hrs (day drive) 255 kms / 3 ¼ hrs (night drive) Edith Falls - Pine Creek (fuel + lunch) - Katherine (fuel, groceries, vote) - Bitter Springs (swim) - Mataranka thermal pool (swim) - Warloch Rest Area Rog had a quick swim at Edith Falls this morning then we were on the road by 8:15am. We drove straight to Katherine and refuelled then did our biggest grocery shop. It was still a bit of a nightmare at the Woolworths there as they don't have e...