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 Alice Springs - Saturday 26th July to Monday 28th July.

Submitted: Saturday, Jul 26, 2008 at 00:00
Saturday 26th July (to Monday 29th July)
Alice Springs – McDonald Ranges Caravan Park (Again).


Up early and a shower before departure…wonderful. The front left tyre was up and down. First it would, then it wouldn’t hold air. It reached equilibrium eventually. We headed of at 7.45 a.m. Had to stop at Erldunda and replace a plug in the damn thing. Next stop Stuarts Well where Scott made a few phone calls to Canada and returned to find he’d got a flat on the drivers side rear. Time for the super glue and gaffer tape special! It went on the trailer and as Scott was now down to no spares also, it was a nervy final 100 km into the Alice which we reached at 11.50 a.m. in timer to watch everything close.
Bloody Luxury
Bloody Luxury


Km art for some clothes (pants) and then down to the caravan park. Relaxing afternoon doing 5 loads of washing and the overalls twice! Few phone calls and then up to the memorial club for dinner and the cultural event of a footy club fundraiser raffle for Scott and Gaby. Home for Baileys and then bed in CLEAN sheets!
The gaffer tape and Supaglue tyre!
The gaffer tape and Supaglue tyre!

The next couple of days were spent relaxing, shopping for food and grog and a few pairs of strides. Once Drew arrived we managed to reinforce the trailer once again with a MIG welder at the Local All Power dealer, known to Drew of course. We managed to replace and repair tyres. The Super glue and gaffer tape tyre did exceptionally well but the tennis ball sized bulge in the sidewall was definitely unnerving. It went the way of all good tyres whose duty has been nobly done – Tyre-mart!
The bulge!
The bulge!


The McDonald Ranges Caravan Park didn’t disappoint once again and we each booked ensuite sites. A little bit of luxury. There was always time for 5:30 sippers in the late afternoons.

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 All Entries July 2008

17 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 1
14 Jul 2008 - Our first Rudall expedition - Day 2 and then on to Desert Queen Baths
18 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 2
11 Jul 2008 - Back in Rudall River Again - Tjingkulatjatjarra (Tjarra) Pool WA
19 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 3
10 Jul 2008 - On the Puntawarri - "An extremely Isolated & treacherous track" or so the legend says!
20 Jul 2008 - Expedition into Yandagooge Gap - Rudall River NP Day 4
09 Jul 2008 - Savory Creek, 78 km west of the Canning
02 Jul 2008 - Into the unknown - The Gibson Desert & Mount Madley W.A.
08 Jul 2008 - An eventful day at Durba
13 Jul 2008 - Our first Rudall expedition - desperate donkeys, fools gold and unmapped mountains!
07 Jul 2008 - Calvert Range to Durba Springs
25 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Road - Sir Frederick Range & on to Mt Ebenezer Station
05 Jul 2008 - Yowyungoo Gorge, Mungulu Hills WA
24 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Road - Day of bush welding
04 Jul 2008 - Spinifex Camp Approx 2km north east of Burrabudingu Soak, Little Sandy Desert WA
30 Jul 2008 - Into the Simpson - East on the French Line
03 Jul 2008 - Unnamed Rockhole - Little Sandy Desert WA
21 Jul 2008 - A night at the Rocky Knoll & Clarence's lucky escape - Wapet Track WA
01 Jul 2008 - The cleared line (21 km west of Eagle Highway) WA
12 Jul 2008 - Exploring the northwest edge of the Throssell Ranges (Rudall River) - Turtle Rockhole
29 Jul 2008 - Down the Ghan Heritage Trail to Charlotte Waters.
16 Jul 2008 - Desert Queens Baths - exploring the Broadhurst Ranges, Rudall River WA
26 Jul 2008 - Alice Springs - Saturday 26th July to Monday 28th July.
15 Jul 2008 - Rest day at the Desert Queens Baths - Rudall River WA
23 Jul 2008 - Sandy Blight Junction Track NT
06 Jul 2008 - Constance Headland to the Calverts
22 Jul 2008 - Gary Junction Road to Kiwirrkurra WA
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