21/7/11 Dunmarra to Mataranka

We stopped at Larrimah to view Larrimah's unique "Pink Panther" Hotel and its free zoo which features many birds, pythons, and 3 fresh water crocodiles and one "saltie."  It was worth stopping.  Just down the road we stopped at a house advertising fresh pies but since those were all gone we settled for  a small apple/blackberry pie with some cream  and a cold drink.    After eating them we found out that the small pies were $8 each and the drinks were $6 each.  Having eaten we paid without comment, but that snack certainly helped the economy in the far north and it has given us another story to tell!

We pulled in at Mataranka and set up camp then went to photograph Bitter Springs and Mataranka Springs.