Devils Marbles

Big day ahead today, as we head back out to Alice Springs and then drive as far as we can, not knowing where we were going to stop. Picked up some supplies in Alice Springs and, yes you guessed it, filled up with more DIESEL. Full tank, yeah.  6.5hours of driving that was enough for the day, finishing at 3.30pm, we had picked a spot at Devils Marbles Campground, from the Camp Australia book. We were originally going to stop in Tennant Creek, but after hearing from other campers we decided not to. I can see why, as we drove through, all the shops were all bared up and plenty of aboriginals just sitting on the footpaths everywhere. This campground was great as it was in amongst the rocks themselves. It was an honesty box and you pay your fee into an envelope. Okay, it was a little expensive, we splashed out and paid $7.30 for all of us to stay, however there was a down side, no showers and the toilets were horrible. Lily and I couldn’t even manage to get into the toilet it smelt so bad. I even took a small bottle of perfume with me to shove under my nose, even that didn’t work, Lily opted for a potty, lucky I thought to bring one and me, well I held on until the next day. Climbing these rocks were fun and the kids just loved them, we climbed the highest one and took many photos. After a quick dinner, we all climbed them again and Mark and I took a beer up the top and toasted it to ‘Phil’s ‘ mum who would have been buried that day. Later on that night, mark took the boys back up again and lay down on the rocks looking at all the stars up above. They saw a  shooting star that went from east to west. Such a beautiful moment for the boys.

Devils Marbles, view from our site.

At sunset at the top of Devils Marbles/