Day 48 - Mataranka, 14th August 2025

 We reluctantly left Darwin this morning and headed off towards Mataranka  we stopped at The Lazy Lizard in Pine Creek. What an amazing little place. The ‘Shed’ out the back houses an incredible collection of cars, motorbikes, signs, petrol bowsers and all sorts of paraphernalia. It was a $5 donation to Melanoma to enter and it was definitely worth it.










The pub area was also full of lots of cool artefacts and memorabilia.




As were the toilets lol!


We had lunch back on the road and headed in to Bitter Springs. The caravan park was full so we headed down to the Territory Manor down the road. It had lots of space and was a nice spot with some good facilities and lots of peacocks.



We set up quickly and then headed over to Bitter Springs to check out the thermal pools. It was a beautiful spot, the water was warm and crystal clear and it was lovely floating around on our pool noodles.





We had a yummy dinner of butter chicken back at the caravan and then walked over to the Showgrounds to watch the Nathan ‘Whippy’ Griggs show. Wow! So glad we decided to stay an extra night in Darwin otherwise we would have missed it. An hour of Nathan whipping to the music and showing off his skills and tricks with the whips. He holds three world records and the show was sensational. 






Walked back through town and checked out some of the sites. 




Back to camp for a cuppa and a game of cards before heading off to bed.







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