I just got off the phone with Mick. 2 failed attempts to ring me on
my home phone, and 1 dropout on the mobile - I don't think he is happy with his satellite phone service provider!!
He asked me to put up some info, but the first 20 seconds I was looking for a pen :))
Anyway he is currently at
Midway Well on the Talawana.
He came from Skull Springs Road then via
Mike Mine and Perana
Rockhole went to
Bocrabee Hill which he and his mate cliimbed. All waterholes were dry.
The pools along the western side of
Rudall River NP are all dry. Currun Currun is a six inch puddle.
The entire south west of RRNP is dry.
Tjingkulatjatjarra Pool is dry.
Desert Queens Baths is amongst the only place to find water. They found 3 more pools 2 hours further up (with dry waterfalls?) from DQB's.
They found 2 major waterfalls (one 60m high?) in the "middle of the park" with pools. Mick told me about these before he left. It sounds like a great Google Earth discovery - Mick can provide the details, look forward to the photos.
The
Graphite Valley Road is in poor condition.
Cotton Creek to
Georgia Bore (Talawana) Road is "Crap"
He is going down the
Eagle Highway tomorrow via the Connoly Basin Crater, then
Warburton.
Cheers
Alan