Leaving Western Australia

After Warburton, we had intended to stop for the night in Warakurna but we had two reasons for not doing so.

First, we had a real outback experience in Warburton. Even though there were lights on in the campground all night and the facility was surrounded by a fence with a locked gate and razor wire around the top everywhere, three kids climbed the fence and robbed us. We failed to lock the ute and they got into it and took some money (~$20-$30 or so). Elizabeth awoke to a person starring in the tent and when he called out, they all ran away. We were shaken but safe. No serious damage done. However, this make us a bit skiddish concerning another night on this section of the road.

Secondly, we found that we needed only a couple hours to get to Warakurna, so we kept going. On this, the third day on the unsealed road, we travelled on to Yulara in the Northern Territory. We again found camels.

Here's another one out for a stroll in the noon day sun.

We even found their footprints in the road.

As we approached the border, there was a low ridge of mountains in the distance.

And as we got nearer to the mountains (and the border), we found proper trees, all tall and the like. These are interesting since the bark is almost pure while.

It is a beautiful place.