We arrived in Darwin yesterday. Camped for free all the way up. We didn't do very much sight seeing or exploring though. The only nature stop we took was to go see the 'Geike Gorge'. Other than that it was business as usual. Drove as much as we could so we could get here. We saw heaps of dead cows and kangaroos on the way. The smell was rancid, even when driving past them at 100km's. The reason for all the roadkill is road trains. Imagine an 18 wheeler at home, and add two more trailers on the back. They can be as long as 52.5 meters long, so you can imagine that they don't stop for nothing, and even a full size bull doesn't even faze them.
We could have made it a bit quicker, but we got off to a slow start on Saturday, and then we had a little bit of car trouble on the way, but we made it nonetheless. We checked into a hostel and I got to sleep in a real bed for the first time in months. And, best of all, the room is air-conditioned.
Tomorrow we exit Darwin as quick as we arrived, and have about a week of driving until we arrive in Cairns. We are hoping to be there in time for Halloween, so we can hit up the Woolshed.
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