On our trip back across the Top End, we came back via Wyndham, Lake Argyle, Darwin,, Fitzroy Crossing, Broome, Port Hedland, Exmouth, Coral Bay, and Geraldton.
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Well, okay, so the road trains I saw on my Broome trip were big, but this four trailer Shell Road train boasted 82 wheels. Don't even think of getting out the box of thumbtacks...
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Lake Argyle at the Ord River Project is apparently 9 times bigger than Sydney Harbour. That's a pretty big mossie breeding ground...
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Katherine Gorge wasn't worth the jump. Concrete steps and metal hand rails on a gorge walk? Nanny-state syndrome wherever you look *sigh*
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Looks like it was only belly-button deep - We could've driven through it - No probs eh Mick? Katherine was under a LOT of water back in 98.
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| So Jules, you reckon the track is over there? The track we found into Litchfield National Park in the NT kind of disappeared. Oh well we had fun... |
...getting bogged
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And bogged again, this time at Black Rock Pool just out of Kununurra. Thanks for the sight-seeing tips Mavora!
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Come on Mick, haven't you got the engine going yet? About the only interesting thing in Wyndham was the display of old trains.
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Road impassable? The sign didn't apply to us of course (!) - so on we drove. This was the "Darwin via Dirt Road" route from Katherine in the Northern Territory...
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The "Impassable" Lower Finis River was well and truly in flood, but the Terra made it through again (though not without yet more choice phrases on my part when mid-crossing we suddenly dropped down another fathom or so and I just about had to up periscope...)
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Hmm, looks like a nice little hill to climb...
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...Well, that little dot on the road is theTerra - it proved to be a slightly taller MOUNTAIN than we expected. Think Mt Fuji... good thing we wore our professional hiking ..uh.. sandals?
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Ghost in the Tree. That's actually me standing in the middle of the Prison Boab Tree between Darwin and Derby. The eerie lighting is courtesy of a hole in the tree above my head.
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Ack! How much did you say you weigh Mick?!
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Hey Mr Crab, you left something behind! At Mangrove bay on the Ningaloo Reef at Exmouth a big mud crab ran under my foot and then nipped my sandals when I put a bit of pressure on him. He ran away leaving his claws behind - good thing he didn't get my toes...
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And it's Mick by a nose. Actually it was all a bit much on the nose - The guy on the bike is guarding a rubbish tip on the Dirt road from Ningaloo Reef down to Coral Bay. He's been there for a few years now with travellers adding more and more items to jazz him up.
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