Heading west
Got back to Katherine and turned to the west, into the magnificent escarpment country around the big Victoria River. We stayed a night at the eastern end of the Gregory River NP and walked up to the top of the escarpment at sunset – a beautiful view.
Our next campsite was near Timber Creek, right net above the mighty Victoria River - and being on this main road over to WA, it was a bit of a thoroughfare! We caught up with Kerry and Greg, a couple we’ve been bumping into since way back at Kingfisher Camp in Queensland. And also Jan and Brett, a couple we spent a bit of time with at the Daly River camp.
But on the first night there Tim started feeling quite sick, and it turned out to be a nasty case of tonsillitis complete with a bad fever. We spent one day at the campsite, pulling a mattress around to chase bits of shade for Tim to lie on. On the following day we were able to see a nurse at the clinic in Timber Creek and Tim got an array of antiobiotics and painkillers to help him recover. We also got a pretty ordinary cabin at the caravan park in Timber Creek for the patient.
Nic was meanwhile amusing herself at the campsite and caravan park watching the huge number and huge diversity of travellers on the road at the moment. It is BUSY in the north at the moment! Hard to imagine just how many people are travelling with a caravan, campervan or camper trailer in Australia right now.
The most commonly viewed species is the grey nomad – with shiny brand new 4WD pulling a sparkling looking caravan. There is also the sub-species that has the Winnebago or the enormous shiny bus pulling a 4WD as a runabout. Just occasionally there is an old-school version – like this old Kingswood pulling a tiny wee van. Or an old-school bus conversion. But they are a rarity!
Then there is the overseas tourist (often German) in the Britz troopie conversion, or more recently the Landcruiser with a rooftop tent.
The backpackers in either a backfiring old 4WD coughing black smoke, or a ‘Wicked’ brand campervan with some graffiti scrawled over it. And then the occasional person camping in just a tiny wee tent!
There was even a guy who cycled, on a heavily laden bicycle, into this campsite. As the weather is getting a lot hotter I don’t think I was the only one to stare agog at him, and note how gaunt his face was. Hardcore.
Our next campsite was near Timber Creek, right net above the mighty Victoria River - and being on this main road over to WA, it was a bit of a thoroughfare! We caught up with Kerry and Greg, a couple we’ve been bumping into since way back at Kingfisher Camp in Queensland. And also Jan and Brett, a couple we spent a bit of time with at the Daly River camp.
But on the first night there Tim started feeling quite sick, and it turned out to be a nasty case of tonsillitis complete with a bad fever. We spent one day at the campsite, pulling a mattress around to chase bits of shade for Tim to lie on. On the following day we were able to see a nurse at the clinic in Timber Creek and Tim got an array of antiobiotics and painkillers to help him recover. We also got a pretty ordinary cabin at the caravan park in Timber Creek for the patient.
Nic was meanwhile amusing herself at the campsite and caravan park watching the huge number and huge diversity of travellers on the road at the moment. It is BUSY in the north at the moment! Hard to imagine just how many people are travelling with a caravan, campervan or camper trailer in Australia right now.
The most commonly viewed species is the grey nomad – with shiny brand new 4WD pulling a sparkling looking caravan. There is also the sub-species that has the Winnebago or the enormous shiny bus pulling a 4WD as a runabout. Just occasionally there is an old-school version – like this old Kingswood pulling a tiny wee van. Or an old-school bus conversion. But they are a rarity!
Then there is the overseas tourist (often German) in the Britz troopie conversion, or more recently the Landcruiser with a rooftop tent.
The backpackers in either a backfiring old 4WD coughing black smoke, or a ‘Wicked’ brand campervan with some graffiti scrawled over it. And then the occasional person camping in just a tiny wee tent!
There was even a guy who cycled, on a heavily laden bicycle, into this campsite. As the weather is getting a lot hotter I don’t think I was the only one to stare agog at him, and note how gaunt his face was. Hardcore.
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