Daly Waters 6th - 7th September

We decided to stay at Daly Waters to experience the iconic pub. It didn't disappoint and it is truly unique. We arrived for a late lunch, which we had in the pub. They were trying to rejuvenate the “grass” on the campsites at the back of the pub so they put us and other campers across the road in a dusty spare block that they call the “overflow”. After set up we had a swim in the pub pool to cool off. Then we headed back into the pub for dinner of “beef and barra” and the nights entertainment. After dinner and a few beers it was time to head back to our tent for a late night for the kids. Out of the corner of our eyes we spotted Pip and Archie walking into the beer garden. This couldn’t be true as they were supposed to be in Kakadu. It turns out that they had overstayed in Darwin, skipped Kakadu and were heading south, eager to turn east to hit the Queensland coast. A few more beers and an extremely late night (Jasper, Archie and Imogen played with Sam and Archie until all hours).

The next morning we packed up to head to the Devil’s Marbles. The pack up took longer than expected as the zip on our camper trailer cover decided to disintegrate. So we travelled to the Devil’s Marbles with ropes and ocky straps holding our trailer cover down.

Before we left we said another FINAL farewell to Pip, Dean, Archie and Sam. This was our third farewell. We all knew this was definitely the last time as they were turning east on the Barkly Highway and we were going south on the Stuart Highway.