Camping in the great outdoors

 

On Friday, we were able to get away

for one night to go camping.

We travelled out to Gorrie Airfield,

an old WWII airbase about 2 hours

south of Katherine.

 

It was so nice to set up camp,

build a fire (which I did all by myself

while everyone was out exploring),

and just enjoy nature.

 

Of course, we had to take our 2 joeys with us,

fortunately, Willem is doing a lot better now so

he wasn't so much trouble. We had to hang them in

the camper trailer once we were there, so that they wouldn't

 escape into the wild prematurely:)

 

 

We were hunting around for treasure when I noticed

a concrete slab with 2 steel boxes on top.

(afterwards I found out they were toilet holes)

 

Anyway, I lifted the lid on one and thought

'oh  that's deep', then took another look and hurriedly

put the lid back down to call Dave.

 

Inside was a huge olive python looking up at me menacingly!

Phew! But then, of course I had to have a photo, so

I gingerly held the camera over the hole and clicked away!

 

 Well, we were unable to uncover any great treasures

(except my snake), but had a great time exploring

and of course, the girls had a ball riding in the back of

Cam's ute and flying down the airstrip!

Well, he couldn't quite manage to get it off the ground

as the old girl just wouldn't do it!

 

It was fun trying anyway:)

 

 

Make sure you check out the video below,

for a funny tongue-in-cheek look at

Cam's ute!

 

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On the way home, we stopped at Elsey Cemetery, 

near Mataranka, where Aeneas Gunn is buried,

from We of the Never Never fame.

A very interesting place, and once again,

beautiful Territory skies overhead.