It is getting very hot and humid, even at night. We have decided that we don’t have time to do WA before October when we want to be home, so we will head south. As we were driving out of Kakadu we saw a tourist bus on the side of the road, blazing. It was engulfed in black smoke and flames, even the tyres were burning. Some dozen or so young people were standing, without luggage, watching. The driver was waving the traffic on and telling us to hurry and not stop, and my grab for the camera missed the mark entirely.
We spent the night at Mataranka in a powered site so we used the air conditioning to cool down.
20/8/2013 Heading south - Banka Banka Station
We stopped at Dunmarra for fuel for the car and us - Gerd was desirous of HOT CHIPS. They were very nice and fresh.
We spent the night camped at Banka Banka Station. It was unpowered but there was green grass to camp on and hot showers to refresh ourselves.
212/8/2103 to 22/8/2013 Devils Marbles
We camped at the Devils Marbles for two nights. They are a very interesting formation, said to be the result of the granite weathering away. I got up and took photos of the predawn colours on the rocks, the sunrise and, in the opposite direction, the almost simultaneous moonset. A dingo was hanging around waiting for scraps but also water to drink. The landscape had much less vegetation than when we saw it last time ... I don’t know whether that is the result of continuous burning off or the very dry seasons for the last two years.
Sunrise
Midday
Sunrise/ moonset
Sunrise
Midday
Moonset
Moonset
Splitting rocks
Dingo
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