Another early start this morning, knowing our end destination was usually very popular and you can't book it. But many others thought the same thing, and there was a queue to leave the Barkly Homestead campgrounds and get fuel. You had to leave your keys at the counter, before they would turn on the bowser, and you could collect the keys once you paid.
This was to help deal with fuel theft. Once we were back on the road, we spent the first 50km overtaking all the slower caravans. It was just under 200km before we reached the Stuart Highway and stopped for morning tea. Unfortunately, many of those same caravans then got passed us as we stopped, and once we started off again, we then had to overtake them again!
Heading north, we enjoyed the drive, as we wound through some small hills, that gave you great views from the top, overlooking the valleys and grasslands. It was looking so healthy and green. We stopped at Elliott for lunch, and had a flock of Peahens walk past. They looked like they were off on a girls day out, as no fellas were around trying to impress them!
We arrived early afternoon at Daly Waters, and the campground was already mostly full. We did our celebrity drive through the very short main street, with people lining the street filming or taking photos of the 3 Clippers. We managed to get a spot in the campground and parked up for the afternoon.
A quiet afternoon, and stroll around the small town, and back to reserve a table for dinner, at this very popular tourist location, famous for the beef and barra dinner. We had to wait until 7pm to get ours. But it was worth the wait. Being state of origin, the evening music entertainer, who was actually really good, had to finish early. They had an outdoor screen and projector set up for the game, with plenty of Queensland supporters in the crowd. I watched for a bit but came back to the Clipper to write this up. I can hear the cheers from where we are parked up. The casualty for the day was the pipe leading to our gas pipes from the gas bottle. It blew off the end when Matt went to open the gas bottle. Luckily, our mate Ian had a spare and we will get a new one when we make it to Katherine. The weather is very warm and it is Summer clothes attire now. yes 3rd amendment is the gas hose. stole ian's spare for the moment. i opened the gas tank and the hose was hot due to the hot engine bay, and the fitting blew off the end of the hose. glad it didn't do it during the night.
