Another day of travelling. We say goodbye to WA and are now venturing into new unknown territory (Northern Territory). Our plan was to camp in the Gregory National Park, this park is broken up into a number of sections. One campground, Big Horse Creek was just off the highway but being so close to the highway and it was after 4pm the chances of a spot were remote. Still we had a look and sure enough it was full and there were bollards around all the camping areas. There are quite a few overnight rest areas along the highway and people start stopping at them from 1 pm onwards. One that we stopped at for lunch around 1:10 had 5 caravans set up for the night.

We thought we would stop at Timber Creek for some bread but we had passed through it almost before we realised we were there – it’s a really small place.

It was our intention to camp at the Bullita campgrounds in Gregory National Park which is about 50 kms off the highway down a gravel road with quite a few creek crossings – some dry and some not. I knew that would be enough deterrent to keep the caravans and RVs out and was looking forward to perhaps having the campgrounds to ourselves. The road wasn’t too bad but we had to go reasonably slow with some of the crossings and gullies, so it was beginning to get dark when we got to the campgrounds. Even this campground had bollards but we were able to find a spot that we could put up the camper trailer alongside the bollard without blocking the access road. By the time we were set up it was fully dark and there were certainly far more people in here that I had expected.