Sunday 1st June.
The first day of winter !! Really.
On the move again towards Pine Creek and beyond.
As we crossed over the river leaving Katherine we looked down and spotted a fresh water crocodile about 4 feet long in the water. Glad we had not gone to the hot springs which were only about 1km downstream. Around 11:30am we stopped for a cuppa at a little roadhouse at a place called Emerald Springs. Boy, what a surprise. This place has the most incredible outdoor covered bar, beer garden and bistro area. Fresh flowers on each table and spotlessly clean throughout. This was supposed to be morning tea only but the range of freshly baked goodies was too tempting so it became lunch of Apple pie with ice-cream for Gail and a huge orange and poppyseed muffin for me. Plus the largest pot of tea imaginable, all at a most reasonable cost of $13.
We should have realised that this was something special as there were 3 or 4 road trains parked outside. Always a good sign where truckies congregate to take a break and have a meal.
We continued on for a further hour or so, arriving at our chosen overnight rest area, Bridge Creek around 1:00pm. This is about 35kms south of Adelaide River.
Watched AFL during the afternoon as we watched other overnighter's roll in.
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