Kingfisher Camp

Wednesday - We where made aware of Kingfisher Camp by a couple from Maitland who where camped alongside us in Darwin, it is 260km from the Robinson river so not as long a drive today. We continued on the dirt until we came to the Hell's Gate Roadhouse. The sometimes bloody history of the cattle driving era gave the landmark its name as it was the final escort point for drovers and settlers heading for the rich pastoral land of the Northern Territory. Today it is a roadhouse where you can get food, fuel and a campsite if you wish, it also has an airstrip and there is a Kirkby sign on the fence when you arrive.

The scenery doesn't change much along the route, at the moment it is fairly dry.

After you leave Hell's Gate you get onto sealed road until you turn off to Kingfisher Camp which is 40km of dirt. At the turnoff there a number of signs to Kingfisher, but the one that got our attention was "KFC Open", how many kids would ask there parents can they have Kentucky Fried for tea. The camp is set alongside a 7km billabong, it is spaciously set out with generator and non generator areas, it has porta cabin amenities with a "Donkey boiler" providing hot water, old fashioned but effective. It is a place we could come back to, a very relaxing location.