The Savannah Way

It's been a while since our last post. We spent the next few days exploring Lawn Hill Gorge, and then decided to change our route and head north to the Savannah Way, an really interesting (it was!) sounding outback route to the north of us. Lots of billabongs and creek crossings. Spectacular! The photos are at the end of this post.

I'll add another link to our map as we have added a few "tracks" (google's android "My Tracks" app!) You can zoom in to see where we were: Our google map

Max and I heading up the ridge beside middle gorge. This photo is to let grandparents know we are taking good care that our kids can cope with risk!

Some of the millions of termite mounds we have seen.

The beginning of Upper Gorge

Paddling up Upper Gorge

At the head of the Gorges

Laura behind a set of falls. 

Max and Julia

The bird life was phenomenal. This is a bower bird,

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and his bower. He collects colours (white in this case) to let potential girlfriends know he awesome.

Our first creek crossing, about ten minutes after we left the safety of big roads.

Driving across cattle stations.

Laura on gate duty.

The road passed many fantastic billabongs.

Every half an hour or so we would pass other travelers. We camped beside the road with some boaties from "Rocky", who had "done" an axle on their trailer. They politely warned us not camp too close as they were running generators all night to recharge their batteries. They were connecting them up in series to do a bit of welding (as you do!).  They  had done on side, and were preparing do the other. We asked them if they wanted us to send help. "Nah, she'll be right!"

We are about 100km off the coast, and the salties come along way inland. As there is no monitoring of these rivers we very conservative.

Yet another photo of an awesome river crossing.