Mataranka & Toad Busting

Hi
We arrived in Bitter Springs Territory Manor around 2pm and quickly set up the van so could swim in the thermal springs only 2kms down the road. It was a natural oasis about 1km long with a constant current and approx 34°C . Didn’t take long for it to get crowded so we headed back.
The next morning we went to Mataranka Springs (about 4kms away). It was clean & warm but far more commercialised, with concrete sides & steel ladders.   Not many people (yet) but we still prefer Bitter Springs…..as Matthew says it had turtles & bigger fish.
The afternoon was spent at the van park; tossing the Boomerangs, feeding Barramundi and Peacocks.
After yummy Lamb Shank dinner (sorry Hope) & a real cappucino we went Cane Toad Busting! Yes the park owners give you a pair of gloves & garbage bag, you grab your torch & go hunt for the nasty vile creatures.  They are a destructive problem in WA & NT (not just QLD). We bravely caught 10, but could have spent hours there were so many of them .  The boys got certificates and the toads got binned, CO2’d (puts them to sleep) & they are burnt.
Who you gonna call? “Palmer Family – Toad Busters”- (sung to the Ghost busters tune).
Tomorrow is a long trek to Wycliffe Wells – the UFO Capital of Australia. 🙂
Till I next blog, take care, we miss you all,
Love KP xo