Rendezvous with the NT

There is a ramrod straight line on the map that we are approaching. It’s now just 50k away. It is in the lap of the (virus) gods if we cross it tomorrow.
For the moment we are campers up in Hells Gate Roadhouse. Perhaps a portent for the road quality we might encounter up the ways.

A little episode to describe on our way here. Crossing the Nicholson River causeway at Doomadgee. It’s a long higgledy piggledy affair, and we are about 25m from the end when without warning on the UHF a RoadTrain hurtles down the bank and onto the causeway trapping us with nowhere to go and then he keeps inching forward. Regina in the pilot seat was not happy with development and hands over to copilot. We do a swap and a quick bit of reverse parking to get the van and car onto the lip of the causeway, fold in the mirrors and old mate continues on his way. Phew.Baca selengkapnya