Banka Banka and the Marbles

From Katherine we really were heading south.  We stopped at Daly Waters Pub on the way and had a nice lunch and a good look around.  The pub was a classic.  Emma thought the bras and undies hanging from the roof were disgusting, but was fascinated by all the other collections around the place.  What a marketing bonanza though – the caravan park was packed by lunchtime and there were people everywhere with nowhere else to go but the pub.

Inside the Daly Waters Pub

It was then on to Banka Banka, an old cattle station where we pulled up at 5 pm and told we had an hour and a half to set up and have dinner before a 6.30 show by a bush poet around the campfire out the back.  I have never seen the kids so helpful with setting up and Ben even cooked a delicious chicken curry (pity I put too much spice in for him and he was the only one who couldn’t finish it, oops).  Off to the campfire where we were thoroughly entertained for just over an hour.  Fortunately the jokes weren’t too blue for young ears but they were a little too true when he was talking about the grey nomads and how they liked to leave at 5.30 am walking everyone up around them.  It was interesting that no-one set off before dawn the next morning!

One of the last to leave as always at 9 am we made our way to Karlu Karlu otherwise known as the Devils Marbles where we had morning tea and had a walk around these amazing prehistoric rock formations.  Lots of photos later we drove a little further down the road to Wycliffe Well, a place known for its UFO sightings (well they didn’t appear to have much else), quick lunch then its on the road again towards Alice Springs.