Gets busy up there!

We were travelling down the Kennedy Development Road, after Easter, about 100 kms north of Hughenden, and noticed a passenger jet heading maybe north-west. It was leaving a very conspicuous "contrail" or vapour trail.

Soon after we pulled up at White Cliffs Gorge Creek for a break, and noticed more vapour trails.



There's a small dam here too, that would provide good water to top up one's supply.



As we were ready to leave, noticed a further trail, and reckon it was worth a photo......must have been a busy day in the aviation industry?




There's a native well on edge of the creek too, which is signposted. The parking bay is quite open, but would be a good, clean camp, with little traffic through the night to disturb your sleep.



Was talking to one of the local truck drivers, now retired, and he told me when the road was gravel, they had to hook all the trucks together with "stiff bars" to get up the steep rise, that's visible in the 2nd photo. These days they'd just roar across there, flat out, and momentum would get them most of the way, before dropping a few gears.

For anyone who hasn't been along this road, Whitecliffs Gorge Creek is only maybe half km north from the turn-off into Porcupine Gorge N/Park, about 66 kms north of Hughenden.

Bob