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Day 49: NT/WA Border to El Questro

Posted on 05 August 2025 by Mum

This morning we got up early and headed for the NT/WA border. We passed our quarantine check - only having to leave a piece of fire wood that still had bark on it. Then we rolled into Kununara around 8.30am (as we gained another 1.5 hours crossing the border). We stopped long enough for a quick restock of fresh fruit and veggies, and to head to Ivanhoe Cafe for breakfast before continuing west to El Questro.

The road was paved until the turn off to El Questro Station. It was then 16km of dirt road. Most of it was pretty good driving, just a few small corrugations, as a section of it was being graded as we drove in. But there were three river crossings to negotiate as well. I had heard there were at least two possible river crossing but apparently John did not remember being told that, and he was the one driving. The first one was not very deep but the other two were ~60cm deep. The last one was the longest as well. John did a great job negotiating these on the fly for his first ever river crossing, never mind that he was also towing the caravan! The car and caravan both survived the drive in, although we did get some water on the inside step of the caravan that came through the vents at the bottom of the door.

Once we checked in and found our campsite we hung out for the afternoon. Olivia and Theo played cricket in the heat of the afternoon. Then we all headed over to the creek for the kids to have a swim. Olivia then scouted out a few places for her bracelet stall.

Day 48: Katherine to NT/WA Border

Posted on 04 August 2025 by Mum

Today we started to head west towards the West Australia (WA) border. Along the way we passed through Judbarra (Gregory) National Park - stopping for lunch at the Victoria River Escarpment Trail car park. We then we continued along the Victoria Highway until we were 16km east of the NT/WA border. We stayed the night at the Alex Kellet Rest Area with half a dozen other caravans. We had some lovely campsite neighbours who were very helpful in regards to the quarantine requirements for the boarder crossing in the morning, and Olivia even manged another sale of her bracelets.

Tonight we also had our first outside movie night, with a showing of Wild Robot - Theo's choice.