We were pretty much all up and packed by 8.00, so off we went to the bakery, snagged a table and placed our orders. While we were there they called that they were down to their last serve of bacon. No pies, no bacon. Things are thin.
Mary and Phil leave us today as they head North to join friends for a yacht cruising the Witsundays.
Mary was lent a selfie stick from the woman at the next table.
Today’s track was 400km from Birdsville To Innamincka- there were some incredibly rocky rough parts and too many corrugations. And a bit of dust
The track
We all headed South for a bit and then parted as we turned off to Cordillo Downs and Mary and Phil continues towards Windorah and Winton
Stopped on side of road for Mary to finish a phone call - it was so green at this spot.
Green
Green and even some water in the dams. We had some early bitumen then bits of bitumen then reality hit
This was Sarah and Steve flying down the emergency airstrip. They had arms out which I failed to snap
Dust and corrugations were the constant.
We crossed back into South Australia but I failed to time the snap - at speed and on the passenger side
That one was better. Handy in case you missed the first one
We also entered Cordillo Downs Station.
There it is a poll Hereford station.
Some ruins
Another form of ruin. Sad to see. Still on the track where it ground to a halt.
Broken front wheel.
Very broken. They had put the stuff from roof rack into the car. Spare wheel in front passenger seat and back crammed full too. Hopefully they had recovery organised soon.
Lunch stop by a creek and lots of Minnie Richie trees
Here’s one of the trees.
The bark is amazing in both colours and texture
Up close
And again.
Cordillo Downs Homestead
There she is. We stopped last year for a look. Good to see sims restoration work going on.
A few gates to open and close today.
We passed some beautiful red dunes today. The end of the Simpson maybe
Then track was covered in many stretches by this rock and some very big ones were on the track to be avoided. Between rocks and corrugations and Boggy patches it was a drive requiring concentration
Through a patch of trees
More very red dunes
Track and a dune.
Another wreck.
One of many creeks we passed through. Very few had water.
Red red dune
Entering Innamincka Reserve
Some rain must have fallen recently, as there was a green tinge and in places she track was still wet and muddy and side tracks were formed to go around the wet bits
A working windmill. Most are wrecked and no longer working
Col had a tyre issue. His guages were indicating air loss. Pumped it up twice to get to Innamincka
Using the.compressor to blow it up
We arrived at Innamincka and fuelled up and a bit of
Shopping for some, before heading over to the camping area.
We set up and were ready to head over to The Inna for tea when Cols tyre was once again under inspection. It was thought that the issue was rhe tyre monotor thingy, but this was dismissed when Sarah and Milani could both hear and feel air escaping the tyre. So it was all hand to the wheel to get a repair happening. Issues with the jack made for a longer fix.
Col , Steve and Sarah getting the tyre ready to be plugged
One jack was a bit gunned up with dust and dirt so it was WD40 to the rescue
There’s the problem
Burning the paper towel used to wipe down the jack
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