The Skerritts: Darwin - Northern Territory

We are in Darwin (at The Top End as the Aussies like to call it) in the Northern Territory.
Arrived here on Monday 23rd had a chill out day Tuesday and went to Litchfield National Park on Wednesday.

Chillin'

Hi!!

Wow!

'Just having a rest'

Look at that 6 pack! And he drove the fastest milk cart in the west!

"I'm chilling"

The bus picked us up at 7.05am (bit early for yours truly these days) and we set off south for the National Park along the Stuart Highway (the next tee junction on this highway is 1,200km's away), one and a half hours away. First stop, Banyan Tree Café, a services to you and me!

Banyan Tree Café

Not quite sure what this symbolises, but there were loads of them.

Posh service area eh?

Yours truly was gagging for a cup of tea, so went inside and saw all the necessary except cups. I asked the woman behind the counter (a German) where they were and she said 'you must look'!
What? I only want a cup of tea, I didn't think I would have to go on a treasure hunt for one. After a couple of minutes I gave up and said so. She put her hand under the counter and then produced a cup we she gleefully held above her head, "Here we are" Well the first thing I felt was a proper tit, then I wanted to smash the bloody thing over her head and recall the result of the most recent world wars! Anyway, seeing the joke ( I don't think) I laughed it off, just about.
Suitably refreshed we set of on the tour.

We saw lots of and very large termite hills, thousands in fact.

Anybody home? This a cathedral type, 50 years to get it to this size

Looked a bit like a graveyard

These are magnetic ones. The clever little blighters build them facing east (where the sun rises) so they warm up fast in the morning. At the hottest part of the day the sun is shining on the thinnest part of the hill which stops it over heating. Well, I thought it was clever.