Nikki had real trouble sleeping last night and so she was up and about before 6am this morning. She'd already had a cold shower and got herself dressed long before I'd opened my eyes - I have to admit - it was already feeling like today was gonna be a hot one!
We left Barkly Homestead at about 7.15am and set off West (in the same direction we've been traveling for the last two days). The roads are so long and straight out here in the Northern Territory that when we eventually came to the Stuart Highway turning, i'd totally forgot how to use the indicators! We turned right and were finally heading in another direction - we'd travelled almost half way across Australia - and now it was time to start heading North.
Just after joining the Stuart Highway we pulled into a place called the Threeways Roadhouse (because you can only go North, South or East). It was still quite early, but we were exhausted so we took advantage of the 'Driver Reviver' and then Nikki took over the driving.
Our next stop was Renner Springs, but only so we could swap places and drink more coffee (I can't believe we drink hot coffee when the heat outside is unbearable - it's surprising what you'll do when you're thirsty). I took over and we carried on. Next, we stopped in a small place called Elliot. This time we had a drink and then had a sarnie in the back of the van.
We set off on the last leg of todays journey, blasting through Newcastle (where the landscape stopped looking all red, and started turning green again), and then finally stopping in a place called Daly Waters. We chose a site that was right on the main road and then set up camp for the night. We hung around the bar having a couple of drinks and watching the TV (we still can't believe Sally has a daughter in Home & Away - where did she come from?) before having some food in the restaurant. Just before coming to bed we got into a bit of an argument with one of the barmen. We were sat outside watching the frogs catch bugs when all of a sudden he came out, stood on one and then kicked it across the carpark. We couldn't believe it - and when we told him we thought it was a bit unnecessary, he started getting all loud. He even picked it up by it's leg to show us that it wasn't dead (which was worse - it was probably in loads of pain). Eventually we came back to the van to get away from him, but sat up for ages - terrified he was gonna do something to Bruce. Thankfully, he didn't... the prat!
The only problem with all this driving is that only my right arm is getting a sun tan!
Distance travelled today: 566km Distance travelled in total: 2243km
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