A gentle start to the day with no bright light blaring in our windows till about 7am (5:30am WA time). A slower start too after big driving day yest, wandered into Katherine around 10:30 to look at info centre which was pumping with an outdoor cafe housing some mother’s groups and lots of tourists. I was surprised - this town is quite vibey. We treated ourselves to a nice brunch and with the Big Bogan hat Stu wears and Matty’s Bull’s shirt the lovely waitre...

Last day in WA, featuring the usual packup spats and Matt anxious to get moving given we’re traveling 500km plus probably a 3hr detour to check out Victoria River Downs Station (where Big Stuey used to work) on our way to Katherine and we also lose 1.5hrs as we cross the border. Lots of Harry Potter and some schoolwork in car along the way, the scenery is ever changing but we are definitely losing the salmon pinkish ranges of the Eastern Kimberleys and heading...

After a very solid morning packing the trailer and racing the cleaners to get out of our cabin we left Alice at about 1. Lunch was in the car as we hit the Tanami for as long as we could go. Pretty uneventful, pretty boring, some decent corrugations especially after the last fuel which was in a pretty intense township a bit off the road. There was a ‘women’s police truck’ paddy wagon being driven around by a very frightening looking lady, not quite sure of...

Last day in Alice, we thought we’d have the trailer to pack after 10am but Jo wanted to fix the alignment and was waiting on some longer bolts, so now we get it after 10 tomorrow..... Frustrating but what’s another half day when we’ve already been here a week?! Finally let the kids have a go on the camp go karts which created more fights than fun by the time the hour was up. Lil and I bought some more paints for our artwork and made a very exciting visit to...

Not much sleep to be had last night even with the amount of alcohol consumed before retiring. Lil is now a dab hand at making coffees which were most welcome this morning. Pancake morning at the campsite- massive operation feeding several hundred people pancakes. Tom tried hard to outdo the record of 13 pancakes and pulled up at 4 feeling somewhat ill and in great awe of the large man that had set the record! We had another discussion with the ladies at the fron...