ARMSTRONGS ADVENTURES: Roper Bar NT (Tomato Island)

After leaving Mt Isa we headed to Lawn Hill National Park, Adel's grove. The roads are corrugated and dusty and dry. After setting up camp at Adels Grove , we walked around and it is a very pretty place has a lovely area at the back of the restaurant on a wooden deck under these huge trees where we had a drink with some people we met while we were swimming in lawn hill creek. The next day we hired a canoe and paddled up the river at lawn hill national park. What a fantastic morning we had .
The next day we left Adels Grove and headed to Hells gate and across the NT border were we found a free camp at the calvert river. We met up with a lovely couple from WA and had a lovely chat over a few drinks before retiring for the night. the next day we caught up at Booroloola for coffee and well not cream buns. Then we parted ways and we headed towards Lorella Springs. It was a slow 3 hrs on corrugated and bull dust roads.
After arriving at Lorella Springs we set up camp and then went for a swim in the thermal pools just near camp. The next day we went exploring the 1 million acre property of Lorella Springs , bush walking , swimming . Then it was back to camp to get organized for our departure to roper Bar.

road into adels grove

adels grove

leaving lawn hill national park

hells gate road house Qld

NT border

On the way we ended up getting a hole in the muffler and when we arrived at Tomato Island camping ground the guy at the office went and found some tin that we could patch up the muffler until we can get it fixed at Katherine. Then it was off to join the crowd for happy hour.