To Broken Hill to find Pro Hart...and much much more in Silverton

 I led the way... (this is really just to prove that I do drive for those who think that Matt does all the driving...) from Port Pirie on.  We stopped at Peterborough for a cuppa and checked out the really cool info centre which is a really old train.  Would you love one of those in you backyard!

 Just another oversized thing...there seemed to be heaps of those on the road from Broken Hill to Adelaide...

 Beautiful old houses...I love looking at them and taking pics of them.

 WOW! Another border crossing...although it seemed to be a little quiet...suddenly we crossed. The more we cross, the more boring they become.

 At the border.  How old is this sign?

 Time for a rest.  Not far to Broken Hill, but time to stop for the night.

Finally, as soon as we have left South Australia, we see the emblem of their state!

First stop in Broken Hill was the Pro Hart Gallery.  How fantastic!  I absolutely loved it...I hope that the rest did (??)

The reward of a milkshake at the end was gooooood!

We decided to go out Silverton (25km out of Broken Hill) to stay.  Pop 50!  Our smallest town yet.  One place to stay - Penrose Park.  Pick your own spot wherever you want and only & $18 per night for us!  Brilliant!! Worth every bit.

Great plants for the desert in Silverton.

One of the galleries in town

Outside the John Huges Gallery there were these really cool painted cars (emus)

 ....Looking at you!

 This is covered in bottle tops

 One of the big attractions in Silverton is the Mad Max memorabilia...

 and the lookout to the Mundi Mundi plains where Mad Max, Priscilla, and heaps of commercials were filmed.

 There is the odd donkey around...

At the new (7 week old) Mad Max museum being run by the mad fan (in a great way) Adrian

 Adrian's car number plate..I think this says it all

 I found a sock knitter here, Jacquie, who inspired me to start knitting socks.  Life is not too short to knit socks.

This is the road to where the next Mad Max 4 will be filmed - put off until 2012 due to the landscape to GREEN!!!

 A bridge that was smashed down during recent flooding!

 The Umberumerka Dam - was empty at the start of the year - can you believe that!

 A little rumble over afternoon tea!

 Mundi Mundi

 The old Gaol - one of the best museums that I have been to

 The memorial at Silverton

 Our campsite

 campfires there...nice

Leaving Western Australia....and entering Northern Territory (finally)

Well, I guess the day had to finally come...

A mad mixture of feelings, sadness to leave the most beautiful untouched state of remarkable places, and having missed so many of them, and I guess a little excitment to see what NT would offer us.

We did pop into the Zebra Rock Cafe on the way and saw some remarkable rock (yes, there is more!!)  and freakishly large fish after a night on the Dunham River (before Kununurra)

where we were entertained with fireworks from other travellers who had come from the great NT where it seems that the rules are a little different....

One of the saddest things was that somehow we missed our very good friends Bubi and Line and Samuel from Denmark, as they made their way back from Darwin on the very same stretch of road on the very same days. 

We stopped at a couple of places on the way to Katherine, Saddle Creek (loads of loud backpackers) and

then Sullivans Campground at Gregories National Park.  It is hotter here, and there are less boabs, and more presence of crocs.  Signs everywhere warning about them.  EEEP!!

We had a look at one of our last boab trees being where Gregories camp was (great old explorer up here).

Then on towards Katherine straight into Katherine Gorge...