The days start early in the caravan park the sun is getting up,and so are the travellers, who have places to be. The couple beside us wanted to be at El Questro (100 km away) so of course they had to be up making a lot of noise by 5:45. Hence we were also wide awake and out of bed before 7. It’s starting to feel quite normal.
We headed into town to shop, first at the butcher ( who vacuum packed all the meat to help it last longer) and then to the supermarket, where we managed to get most of the items on our list. Eggs were not around,but other than that we were happy.
We were back at the park doing a repack to fit it in early by about 1030.
Then a bed remake with our clean sheets and we packed away our quilts. It doesn’t seem we will need them for a while.
We had lunch and did a crossword while we waited for our travelling companions.
First touring spot was The Hoochery , where we tried their liquor, gin, rum and scotch. We weren’t taken greatly with any of these. The old building is open one side and they had a good outdoor area too, so not too crowded.
We drove back in to town past the various crops (cotton?cane?sandalwood?) to Mirima National Park. This is often referred to as the mini bungles and you could see why. Very similar stone structures certainly give the same type of experience. Even white quilled rock pigeons just the same.
We walked to a couple of lookouts along the paths in here and were lucky enough to come across a bower bird involved in his complicated mating rituals-showing off his house (with white items,not blue) to three prospective ladies.
We also enjoyed looking more closely at some Boab trees in the park.
We headed from there to Jan and Ross’s cabin (in a different caravan park to ours) and enjoyed shared snacks, dinner and chatter. They are still trying to figure out their next move given the latest COVID happenings. Will they go back to NT as planned, given this latest mine shut-down and potential state lock down?
In actual fact we are very lucky not to be quarantined. We drove past the granites mine as we crossed the Tanami. Our instruction is to observe for symptoms and get tested immediately if we have any symptoms. The closest we got to any miners was driving past each other on the Tanami.
We said farewell to them, and headed home to our plot at the caravan park for the night.
The boabs dance
On a Moonlit night
Silvery shapes
In the silvery light
Their bulbous bodies
Bend and twirl
Their many arms
Twist and whirl
The fruits that hang
From their fingertips
Shake in time
To their moving hips
Their silent dance
Is an eerie sight
If you happen to see it
On a moonlit night
Luvapuzzle 