How quick it is to forget the warm fuzzy feeling of the Tropics when the change from shorts and thongs to trackpants and boots, happens.
I arrived home this evening from
Darwin after an 8 day trek along some of the tracks I haven't driven before.
From
Darwin I drove to
Jabiru, Piune
Creek, Karherine and south along the Stuart Hwy. Did a left hand turn 20km south of
Elliott NT on to the Barkly Stock Route. Then on to the Tablelands Hwy and then left again on to the Ranken Stock Route via Connells
Lagoon Reserve. Endless plains of
Mitchell Grass and thousands of fat cattle, mostly Brahman. A short stint on the Barkly Hwy via
Avon Downs Rest Stop and then south again past Austral Downs, Alpurrulum Community and Lake Nash Station. Then a dog leg to Urandangi and onto
Tobermorey Station and east across into Queensland. Then
Boulia,
Bedourie,
Birdsville, the BVT, Clayton Station
Bore(artesian spa) and Maree,
Flinders Ranges and home.
Most roads have been graded recently or having work done on them and are in a good condition. There are a few bulldust patches here and there and a 50km section of the BVT is a tad stony, but quite driveable at 80kmh.
The MRF Super Traction crossply tyres behaved
well and no punctures were suffered on this trip. Did close to 10,000km with only a steering damper and trailer plug having to be replaced along the way.
Have thought up lots of ways to make
camping easier by altering the configuration of the trailer and the wagon for the next adventure....but this will have to wait while domestic duties call for the time being( that is, to repair everything that has broken while I was away!)....lol
Cheers