The next leg of my journey was to be 1800
kilometres on dead flat, straight roads to Darwin
via Kakadu @75km/h. Now some may consider
this torture but the old adage of the journey not
the destination kicks in about now. Instead of the
scenery rushing by in a blur, travelling at such a
low speed allows me to stop and photograph any
interesting stick or rock which takes my fancy,
without wearing out my brakepads. There’s no
letterboxes in these parts but every Roadhouse
has made an effort to attract the tourists usually
with the bog-standard hats, banknotes,
discarded undies and business cards.
When your top end is 75kmh you
get a LOT of time to take it all in!