The search for Griing Spring (and claiming a remote confluence) - Video

Griing Spring is one of those “approximately” marked locations on the maps of our remote outback. It sits in the dune country of the Great Sandy desert several kilometres to the north east of Joanna Spring. I am unsure of the history surroundings its discovery and it’s one of those things that even a Google search doesn’t return results on! Our search on the 20th June this year took us from the pans of Joanna Spring on a zig zag course across large, steep sided dunes and through thick, old growth spinifex. We believe we were successful in our endeavours locating an area surprisingly like Joanna Spring although very dry. The spring area itself was hemmed in by much higher dunes than Joanna and sat metres higher in altitude. This probably accounted for water draining away more readily.



Continuing our odyssey into the wilds of the GSD, this video clip covers a bit of action about Joanna Spring in the early morning as we buried a cache and then takes us on our search for Griing Spring. It follows with our eventual arrival at our first ever confluence. This 10 kilometre trip cost us 8 stakes in all. A high cost but one that didn’t daunt us. Most were filled with plugs which kept us moving until further down the track. The night was spent at the turnoff to the Pegasus drill site.

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Cheers Mick