We gotta get pictures outta here, maaaaaaan

Aboot to head out of Darwin for Port Douglas. 3200km (2000mi) drive. If you know your way around a map, the course is pretty much Darwin (easy to find on a map), Daly Waters (still easy), Bing Bong (hard), Barkley Homestead (less hard), Mount Isa (easy), Cloncurry (easy), Karumba (harder), that volcanic national park (easy if i knew the name), Caines (really easy), and then Port Douglas. So follow along!

By the way, the Northern Terrority is pretty much Texas, Australia - in every way that is awesome. At least the texas in my mind. Trucks, guns, hunting, country music radio, general 'tude. Even saw a 'don't mess with NT'-esque roadsign. And the AAA equivalent here (NTAA) has a buffalo skull for it's logo. Which is awesome.

Without further ado, pictures!

Melbourne sunset, on the way to Avalon airport

The mainland coast just east of Kangaroo Island

Antechamber Bay, KI

Sunrise at Antechamber

I had not seen a cat skin before, let alone a poster telling me buying one would help produce more. Which I suppose is how any purchase works.

Echinda!

Roo!

Some Beach, KI

Some Beach, KI

Wilpena Pound, Flinders Range NP, South Australia

Somewhere on the Stu between Adelaide and Alice (There's about 1700km to choose from). We finally met what Mr. Olesnicky called GAFA - the Great Australian Fuck-All (sorry mom!)

Still Nothin'

Good looking, for nothin'.

A much-requested picture of the trusty Commode. One with scale Ben to be posted.

There were more flies and less people.

Camping underground at Coober Pedy, if you bother pitchin' a tent.

And if you don't bother.

They have the interwebs underground now!

Fun is also not allowed underground.

Sorry Ma, didn't buy you one.

'Quit squirming and let me clean your face or I'm turning this pouch around' (trivia: echidna pouches, already backwards. as if they weren't weird enough already)

Must be something interesting... Tune in after the jump!