Heading out of Darwin, we headed for a bush camp at Dundee Beach, thinking it may be on a river-the icon in the camp 6 book had a boat ramp advertised at this camp. However that icon referred to a boat ramp nearby...
We paid up for 2 nites, went for a drive to Dundee Beach, (200kms swest of Darwin), and WOW, discovered the lodge was offering free unpowered sites for the school holidays. Also free access to the abultion block, use of the pool and a paid laundry.
Back to the bush camp-did the oil change - we had previously tried to get this done in Darwin but the next appointment was the 16th July.
Forfeited our 2nd nights camp fee - $21 per nite, and headed to Dundee Beach. What a great offer and an amazing 'resort'.
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| Dundee Beach |
Not exactly resort style-as you would imagine a resort in Bali or the Pacific Islands. The Lodge of Dundee is the Darwin Fishing club's headquarters and from Friday evening it is packed with boats-we counted 50 trailers one Saturday. It costs $25 to launch and retrieve your boat-they are taken down the short ramp to the water by a tractor.
We tried fishing from the beach and the rocks but no luck, although people did catch salmon, red fin, queenie, barri and mud crabs.
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| A mud crab we caught in a pot |
Each night the lodge had entertainment. Wednesday night we attended the pizza/trivia night. Joining up with some locals-'No Hopers'-who had been trying to win for 6 months, we beat 10 other teams and secured a slab of 4X, a bottle of bubbles, and a meal voucher.
The locals took us out in their 'pope mobile' to see the cemetry and a drive around the beaches.
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| A Suburu/Leone body |
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| Mark, Cindy and Stretch (driver/owner) pope mobile |
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| 'Headstone' |
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| Cemetry |
We are defending our title this Wednesday night, into Palmerston for a shop Thursday and will leave the area Friday.
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