Our next destination was Cape Crawford on the Carpentaria Highway – part of the Savannah Way from Broome to Cairns.

We left Mataranka after topping up with fuel and arrived in Daly Waters for a coffee at the pub…Trev enjoyed the lemon meringue pie as a large buffalo looked on!

The highway patrol is unique in Daly Waters….say no more!!

A left turn off the Stuart Highway just south of Daly Waters saw us on the Carpentaria Highway – a mostly single lane sealed section to Cape Crawford – meaning pulling over to give oncoming road trains right of way – the highway was fairly quiet – only 2 road trains and a couple of caravans and mine vehicles passed us.

There was evidence of bushfire in some areas and the landscape was uniformly stumpy trees, lots of termite mounds and dry creek beds.

We stopped for lunch at a rest area and Kerry and Trev got their groove on to the country music blaring from the Hunter Titan – a good was to stretch the legs (and the rest of the body!!).

Gordie joined in…and then a little later was perplexed at why his van had all the dust splattered over the back and the 2 Snowy River vans appeared unscathed….

At several roadkill sights huge eagles and kites were a common sight – unafraid f the vehicles and just soaring our of our way at the last minute!

Arriving at Cape Crawford we checked in to the Heartbreak Hotel camp ground, set up and Branch figured out the mystery of the splattered Hunter van – the diesel jerry-can on the back had developed a small split leading to the diesel spitting out over the back of the van making a nice muddy spray pattern all over the back!!

We set up afternoon tea and listened to the next instalment of Daniel – chapter 6….

After a barramundi dinner at the Heartbreak Hotel restaurant we sat around and enjoyed the cool evening with grass under our feet – nice change!