Monique woke up itching and felt like something was crawling
on her and being bitten. Soon we found out the car was invaded by tiny little
ants. That wasn’t a great start of the day!
We sprayed the car as much as we could trying to kill the
little buggers. They had not gotten to our food yet except for our bread, which
was covered in ants.
Meanwhile the marsh flies were still obsessed with Monique
so you can imagine we couldn’t get out of this place fast enough.
Yesterday we had found out at the info center that all of
the National Parks in The Kimberly’s had already closed for the season (wet
season is starting soon). That was an enormous bummer as we both had been
looking forward to explore this part of Australia. The only park normally still
open, as the man at the center sad, was The Bungle Bungles NP, but believe it
or not, they closed until further notice because of a big bush fire.
We felt gutted after driving all these kilometers trying to
get here fast, before the wet starts, only to find out we were too late
already.
So there for today was spent driving again. Heaps of
distance to cover to get to the next part of our journey. And there is actually
nothing to see on the way. I think it’s hard to understand if you have never
experienced it yourself. You just drive through this dry landscape with no
touristic sights or what so ever to see. Every 200 to 300 km you might find a
roadhouse, rest area or an occasional tiny aboriginal community, which isn’t
more than a few neglected houses surrounded by rubbish and most of its citizens
sitting together under the shade of a tree. Sometimes you’ll find a tiny little
outback town with an information centre, public toilets and a general store.
That’s about the highlight of the day… lol!
When we had enough of driving we decided to camp at a rest
area just a bit away from the highway and a bit later we were joined by some
German backpackers. At least the view and the sunset made up for the otherwise
disappointing day.
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