Broome To Darwin: Day 1

One of the advantages of the mad dash yesterday was that we could just chill out this morning, have a lie in, take our time, have a cooked breakfast (which translates as egg sandwiches) which we nearly ended up sharing with Bruce, some sort of parrot that was obviously used to being fed.

He had no bloody fear, the little bleeder. The next parrot that tries to take my breakfast will become breakfast.

Meet Bruce

On A Mission To Nom Our Food

And then it was onto Wolfe Creek, 154km south of Halls Creek along the unsealed Tanami Road that runs all the way to Alice Springs. When Sarah had tried to get there last year apparently it was a shocking road, they couldn't get over 20kph so they gave up but this time it had been recently graded and apart from the huge, unsignposted dips you have to look out for you can get your speed up to about 80 - 110kph on the good bits. The only bit you might want to worry about in a 2WD is the last 10km of the turnoff, its just rocky and corrugated and there are three or four gates you have to go through. It was at one of these that Nicki lost her iPod, we went back for it but someone must have picked it up.

Bugger. I'd also lost a hubcap somewhere along the way but to be honest I needed a new set anyway on account of my habit of using kerbs as a handy Stop When You Hear The Crunch parking gauge.

Welcome To Wolfe Creek

In The Middle Of The Crater

Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater

There's free camping, like, right at the bottom of the crater and about 4 or 5 other people were camping there. Wolfe Creek isn't scary at all. Its a good, well used road in, people stay here all the time and there's a distinct lack of sociopaths and psychotic murderers in utes equipped with spotlights so they can dazzle their intended victim while they stumble about screaming, "Who are you?! What do you want from me?! What have you done with (insert name of unfortunate now ex boyfriend here) you bastard!"

What? What do you mean I watch too many films?

Our Camp At Wolfe Creek

Wolfe Creek is something else though. We climbed into the crater, realised how unfit we were when we climbed back out and watched the sunset from the rim. It was a full moon rise that night an all, it was awesome, second only to a Broome Staircase moon rise.

Fuck I love my life.

written by

Koala Bear on July 30, 2007 from Wolfe Creek, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

tagged RoadTrip and LovinIt

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