We left early to get to Katherine by 0800 as Ashleigh was leaving us to head home – we stopped at MacDonalds at Katherine for brekky and Ash caught a taxi to Nitmiluk to do a gorge tour of Katherine Gorge.

Our aim was to reach Wyndham in WA which was about 660 kms away so it was going to be a long day….

Not far out of Katherine we passed a couple parked on the opposite side of the road – by the time Gordie was passing them they had smoke billowing out of their vehicle so he stopped to assist them. We all pulled over and waited – the couple had blown their engine and so after determining that their satellite phone did not work they decided to hitch a ride back to Katherine and we went on our way a bit delayed..

The landscape was ever changing – lots of termite mounds at first and flat plains….

We passed over Victoria River – the area was more mountainous with mesas and rocky outcrops everywhere and vegetation becoming a bit greener..

Mining transports slowed us down and we finally reached Timber Creek where we stopped for lunch…Dave nearly having a “Branch” moment – literally – almost taking out his van roof on a branch – Branch went along for the ride!

It was at this stage it was noted that 2 of the blokes were looking a little rough…

We continued on slowed down by roadworks… enjoying the views of rocky cliff faces and the boab trees… there was lots of evidence of fire ?? backburning or just small grass fires…

We stopped at the NT/WA border for the quarantine inspection….

and finally arrived in Kununurra for a quick (??) refreshment and to pick up some fresh food.

Branch detected an issue with Trev’s van connection – the D shackle had worked loose and fallen off and the chain was dragging along the road. Trev quickly fixed the chain and hooked it up – to fix the entire antisway system at a later date…

We pushed on to Wyndham arriving as the sun went down and as Sharon the owner was just preparing to finish up for the night. The campground was great with lovely trees and grassy sites so we set up and all started washing our sheets/ towels and clothes…. Rosie flooded the van as Dave had not opened the waste valve before she started using the washing machine so it overflowed through the van…Branch had a great time afterwards inspecting the squeaky clean van!

It was also revealed that the Hunters had some issues with their plumbing which they had tried to keep quiet but Branch was determined to do an inspection… inside and out of the Hunter van!!

After dinner everyone retreated to their vans looking forward to a sleep in tomorrow!!