Gismo Queen and her King

Day 35 - Edith Falls to Mataranka

We woke in the night to the sounds of dingoes howling. Although we have seen a few dingoes on the side of the road (both dead and alive), it was the first time we knew they were near us (although I'm sure there have been plenty of other occasions).

Another cool morning greeted us (but let's not complain after reading about Melbourne's weather today) but after the obligatory coffee and tea, the day warmed up nicely to over 30C. Yes, I did mean to rub that in to our family and friends in southern Australia!

We were on the road before 9am today and arrived in Katherine just after 9:30am, ready for a grocery shop to get us through to Alice Springs. Nothing exciting to write about that.

On the road again, we arrived in Mataranka at lunchtime and set up in the very popular Homestead Caravan Park, right on top of the thermal springs. Again, we were fortunate to have two sites next to each other so we set up and sat outside enjoying the warmth. A bit of research on things to see and do in Mataranka and then we headed down to the thermal pools for a warm swim. The water was warm (warmer than Katherine springs, and about the same temperature as Lorella Springs) so we enjoyed the water for a while before beer o'clock.

Lisa cooked and prepared enchiladas for dinner which was most enjoyable. We are now sitting outside enjoying the sounds of the live entertainment at the bar (Greg reckons they're not bad!). We missed the daily screening of "We of the Never Never" at 12pm in the bar but Greg and I are listening to the book so we're getting the lowdown on the local area (albeit 100 years ago).

posted by Tracey @ 8:51 pm