Calvert River

Hells gate

Beautiful spot on the river 

What our poor van looks like now !

After Doomadgee we headed to Hells Gate. Named back in the early 1900's it signified the end of police jurisdiction and those who passed beyond were on there own. Sad little place now with just a servo, camp ground and airport. After a quick snack we headed off to the Northern Territory border. QLD Government you should be ashamed - this was the worst bit of road we've ever been on. Luckily it was only 50km as we were only doing 10km/hour on most of it. As soon as you crossed into NT the road improved significantly and after checking everything was still ok we continued onto Calvert River were we camped for the night. Our day wasn't yet finished though - as I was getting Dinner organized there must have been a gas buildup in the cupboard to the hws which took that moment to explode. Needless to say it was a bit of a scary moment for us all as the noise was deafning. Thankfully although we are now down one cupboard / seat - no one was hurt. Just took awhile to convince me to go back inside. Ahh well call to GIO when we reach civilization.
We enjoyed a beautiful night by the fire afterwards - a very pretty spot.