Left 3 Ways

Left muddy Barkly behind and set off for 3 Ways NT, where we said 'Adios' and parted ways with Denise and Michael. An overnight stop for them as they will start making their way home to Robertstown. They are lucky and have a deadline to get back to work, whereas we have no set purpose in life and will continue to tag along with the other 4 Amigo's. Quick decision not to stay overnight at 3 Ways yesterday, so off we went with the Kotz's as our Pilots. They took us a lot further than planned! It was getting dark and there are not many places to stop, so we followed them off the Stuart Highway onto a Truck Stop in the middle of nowhere in-between Elliott and Daly Waters. The stop itself is on a rise and is basically the 'old' Stuart Highway, no long drops here! Took just a few minutes for Guru (no. 2 a-la-kotzy) with a bit of help from David (BB was busy having a cuppa in our van) to find enough wood to get a huge fire blazing that you could see for miles and miles, next few minutes we were joined by another nomadic caravan and four Road Trains. The young married couple in the van told us "they were travelling around Australia whilst trying for a baby " that pretty much left our 3 boys confused! So last night was the real outback free camping experience so Polly tells us. Road Trains hammering past on the Highway all night whilst trying to sleep, crack of dawn engine warm up from the Road Trains up OUR END of the track and to top it off apparently 'we' have to get our shovels to dig a hole and crap in the Bush. This is the Australian way ha ha so glad I am an Aussie with a licence to prove it! Something is not quite right as here we are retired ineligible for a pension yet we are camped on the side of the road to free camp and crapping in the bush like Hoboes! Well our shovel is in our Shed at home so I have 'discussed' this with BB and we are now both mentally prepared to hang onto we get to Daly Waters.Read more