Literally found our self driving past a sign and took a sharp turn to stop by. There is a viewing car parking and signage at one point but a road permits access slightly further down to see a different perspective. Amusingly there is a collection on the other side of the road too with no fence or restriction! There are warming signs reference paying for the NT parks ticket. If you don’t have one and get caught, you can be fined. FYI. No one there in November which was good but photos don’t do it justice of the balancing act they create.

Hard to imagine that this is just sitting there in the side of the Stuart Highway. Definitely worth stopping in and checking out. It is a brilliant display of nature at work.we were lucky to be there after some pretty heavy rain and even got to see desert crab in the stream behind the marbles. Just brilliant and well worth stopping in to check out.

We stayed in the camping area where there are no facilities except drop toilets. But being self-contained that was no problem. The night sky was incredible, even though it was very cold. There is a day use area with wifi nearby and it looked as if some people with caravans or campers were there all night. Not far away is the roadhouse and hotel with a more formal site behind, but this was fully booked. The overflow of caravans stay out in the parking area and apparently the hotel staff allow them to use facilities if they make a donation. But we thoroughly enjoyed the night amongst the marbles!

The road from Darwin to Adelaide is long and after Mataranka the sightseeing possibilities drop somewhat. The Devils Marbles is worth a leg stretch and walk around, left behind from the last glacial maximum thousands of years ago. Take your fly net to make it more enjoyable.