The Border Crossing

On Saturday 25th June we pulled out from our free campspot at 8am, stopped at Camooweal for morning tea then not long after Camooweal we crossed the border into The Northern Territory.   It was the first time I had been into the Northern Territory so was a big deal for me.   Now we had Katherine and Cracker Night (on 1st July) in our sights and there was no stopping us!!!!   We were also museumed out from past towns so it was Katherine here we come!!!!!    We stopped for lunch at Frewena Rest Area  (117 km west of Barkly Homestead Roadhouse) and stayed the night at a camp behind some bush near Newcastle Waters.

Barkly Tablelands

The Border Sign

The last 5km of road into Deb and Russell's

Turkey Bush 

Flower of a Turkey Bush - wild flowers  along the roadside

Daly Waters airfield

Eagle Park - Deb and Russell's

Sunday we continued - morning tea stop at Daly Waters old airfield - had a bit of a look around the town and the airfield, stopped for lunch at Mataranka and arrived at 'Eagle Park', Deb and Russell's place about 45km's west  of Katherine in time for afternoon tea.   We had travelled approx. 1240km since Saturday morning (approx. 800km Sat. and 440km Sunday).