The next day we arose from our slumber just out from Tennant Creek with a slight buzz, for the morning ahead was to bring a well planned twist in the adventure. Along the road was a place by the name of Three Ways. After a discussion a couple of days earlier, instead of back tracking 800 kms south again after Darwin and heading north at Three Ways, we were heading east!!
This last minute unplanned twist added some excitement to the day as we were venturing into greener yet still unknown pastures. Burning down the Barkley Hwy we had to pull over at the border to have another glamorous photo with the sign! With the road blurring by at 100kms there was one lucky fellow who wasn’t quite ready to kick the bucket as he missed our wheels by mere centimetres. A wild and displeased looking blue tongued lizard was hissing on the road when we chucked a u-turn. Disgruntled as the lizard was, Mark was quick to pick him up and sneak him into the bushes not before a quick photoshoot.
Once everyone was safe we were back on track to make it to our destination of Camooweal. Here we were able to duck off the track beside a billabong where stunning water lillies were flowering and native birds were keeping us entertained around the water. When the sun had dropped over the mountain range another friend emerged from the dark, the cane toad. This was not the last we were to see of this plague as it unknowingly had a great impact on an event to happen in the near future. Rediculous humidity also seemed to give us a slap in the face while entering QLD as you could see from the pic… Mark was sweating serious balls that night!!
With a fresh morning we regathered from a rough sleep and set our minds on our next destination, Lawn Hill. Leaving Camooweal we took a shortcut through unsealed roads where we arrived approx 100km south of Lawn Hill itself beside the O’Shannassy River. Ducking down another 4WD track after sneaking past a caravan we arrived at our own littlr remote riverside getaway. We spent some time here to relax and swim while Renee was throwing ideas of homemade scones for afternoon tea! As the arvo passed Mark was using a creative rock and reel to catch dinner, sadly only caught a small fish not worth cooking. As the days activities where winding up, Renee had indeed whipped up a scone mix and thrown it in the camp oven. Before we knew it there were scones with jam and cream for arvo tea!
After a change of pace from the billabong we were finding ourselves having another leisurely swim in the river the next morning. Once refreshed we jumped back on the unsealed track that lead to Lawn Hill..