On the 21st, we had another early start and continued driving west on the Matilda Highway. After a stop at the Burke and Wills Roadhouse, we joined the Wills Development Road before arriving at Gregory River for lunch. We stopped at a field full of termite mounds shortly after to take a look at one of the Outback's trademark features. Made by colonies of ant-like creatures, you find them all over the Northern Territory and Outback Queensland, up to four metres high in places. Some termites burrow into trees - that's how didgeridoos are made - while others build mounds above the ground. They may just look like plies of dried mud, but when you think of how small these insects are then their mounds are nothing but impressive.
We arrived at Lawn Hill National Park in the early afternoon and it was here that we would spend the most time. We had the oppurtunity to do kayaking or walking and I chose the latter, opting for a 10km walk around the walls to a watering hole. The scenery wasn't spectacular in its scale, but it certainly was beautiful. The grasses in Australia always seem to have an unreal quality to them, like someone's airbrushed them into the landscape. After our hike aroundthe park, it was back to the nearby Adel's Grove campsite for the evening, where we could relax and play a few games of cards as the sun went down.
