Darwin to Crookwell. Amusing and amazing

The recent dash from Darwin to Crookwell meant we didn't stop for sight seeing. In fact a lot of my photos were taken from inside the car. Well would you get out if it was either 38 degrees or there was lightening crashing down?

So the sky. Spectacular cloud formations, sunset as we hunted for a camp and smoke from the many fires.

Another sunset.



Smoke rising from fires behind Elliot township

Sun in the passenger window

Storm clouds just north of Pt Augusta. I couldn't
time it to get a shot of the lightening

Strange sights. A very unique tourist bus that is a cross between a sleeper car and a normal Greyhound bus. Boulders near the Devil's Marbles site. The strange alien at Wycliffe Well the UFO capital of Australia.

Devil's Marbles turn off is just ahead

Aliens at Wycliffe Well

Some kind of hybrid bus sleeper cabin

The landscape changes hourly.

Rain on the windscreen

Dry hot and brown

Red dirt

Last hotel in NT

Much greener camp between Hay and Narrandra

We did however find time to revisit an important tradition. Breakfast at Banrock Station Winery in SA's Riverland. We try to stock up both good food and good wine here every time we go past.

 

 

Balcony dining at Banrock Station Winery 

Murray River Flats

Decision time

 All set up on the farm now. Sheep and lambs grazing outside.

Sheep and a lamb or two at the farm.
This is the view from my doorstep for the next month or so.

Cheers Sue

A Ferg on the Move

 

Darwin to Crookwell. Settling in to travel

Mataranka has been our home for 7 months of this year. Travel mode is very different to our living set up. We sprawl out into the annex and except in really hot weather live outside the van most of the time.

 

Just about ready to hook up

So all the extra luxuries get put away and we live, still in quite luxurious circumstances, but with less.
Things need to be locked down. This we know. Or I thought we did. Someone, probably me, didn't look down closer to floor level before we locked the door and left Mataranka. Oh yes all the overhead lockers were shut. But every drawer had pushed open. Lucky nothing fell out..........So I'm out of practice.





Van all packed up for travel

 



 


K had an attack of the funnies and left these pegs on the back of the van. They are still there 6 days later.

Good quality pegs still on the line 6 driving days later

For the first time we travelled in convoy. The silver Ford sedan is going to be left in the east somewhere....still deciding where. While it is handy to have two cars with two workers the sedan is not really suitable for travel to many of the places we work. So K drove the ute towing our house and I followed behind. It is a bit strange watching your house travel down the road ahead.


My home disappearing over the rise

I don't drive at night. K loves night driving and is often the only caravan tower on the road after dark. So he has spent 6 days and more than 3500 kms pushing the Ute and caravan up to 95km/hr and I had the sea anchors out keeping the Ford below 100.

Still nothing beats pulling up in a road side parking spot and cooking in your own kitchen and sleeping in your own bed. And using your own shower.

Nothing like your own bed

Saw some spectacular scenery even though this trip was more like a race than a leisurely holiday.

Might post those pictures tomorrow.

We are settled on the farm. Its cool and wet. And I have to drive up to the gate to get phone, so I might be sitting in the car a lot.  Baby lambs in abundance around here. Pictures of them later too.

View from our camp on the farm.

Baby has not arrived yet so we are in time to mind the farm during the event.



Cheers Sue

A Ferg on the Move