As we drove out of Lake Argyle, Branch noticed Dave and Rose’s latest faux pas…leaving their back window open so he alerted them straight away…what happened to the checklist??

Passing the spillway and some more great scenery, we  reached the border of WA and the Northern Territory…sad to leave WA as we had enjoyed our time in such a scenic and spectacular place!

The first thing we noticed was the change in speed limit..from 100 kph for towing vehicles in WA to 130kph in NT! The scenery was still much the same and we reached Victoria River where we stopped for lunch under the shade of some gums.

As we continued on the landscape was a bit lusher..and those fires continued to burn at the side of the road with the kites circling above.

We drove through Katherine to Shady Lane Caravan Park on the road out to Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) where we set up camp for the next 2 nights. We booked into the dawn cruise on the Katherine Gorge as we were not allowed to  canoe up it due to the big wet and salties still present in the area – the national parks still had not cleared it for canoing and swimming.

Dave decided to take a hose to the underneath of the toilet cassette holder as it looked a little dusty…nothing wrong with a flush of water to remove red dust!! Suddenly Rosie was heard yelling from inside the van….the van was flooding…..water all through cupboards and over the floor….3 rolls of paper towel later  (and Branch nowhere in sight) the van floor (and cassette holder) was spotless!!