8.18.2010

Alice to Devil's Marbles

This morning we left Toddys in Alice after doing our best to use up as much internet as possible. We made a short trip to get some coffee and other errands, figured out how to transfer some money home, and all of sudden it was after noon! We wanted to make it to the Devil's Marbles tonight, over 400km away, so we knew it was gonna be a stretch. Luckily, we forgot that the speed limit is 130 in NT, and people seem to go a lot faster in the uninhabited areas.

Devil's Marbles are a collection of large boulders that seem impossibly balanced on others, but were in fact formed by the weathering of the rocks left by a lava flow. We managed to get here by about 4:30, checked out the rocks a bit, and then headed over to the campground. Boy were we surprised when we came around the corner to find the place packed FULL of caravans! We managed to find a spot mostly out of the road, had dinner, and then watched a dingo wander around the camp looking for scraps. Though no one fed him, he seemed very brazen and was going really close to the caravans and people's food.

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