Monday, Jul 26, 2010 at 10:11
Geoff B
You camped next to us at
Innamincka Town common( its good to put faces to the names). We also had a
Kimberley Kamper and landcruiser.
Yes the track outside the Merty station was exciting, we got stuck once because I had negleted to engage the centre diff and so with the kimberlys having overide brakes I had to get out in the 300mm deep mud and flip over the toggle so we could reverse out, its a pain at the time but a laugh later on.
We left
Innamincka for
Tibooburra at 10.30am on Saturday morning as the bloke at the trading post said the Thargo road would (should) be open around 10.00 then we got advice that said they wouldn't open it till monday as the authority didn't work on the weekend ( or was bleep ed off at the vehicles with vans which went to Thargo on the closed roads and stuffed up the new pre seal on the new sealed section north of
the Dig Tree) then we've heard that the road opened at 11.00.
It wouldn't have mattered so much but a lot of people had to go to work on the Monday and the fact that it was OK to travel from Thargo to
Innamincka on the Friday (Thargo
Police OK'd this) but a $1000.00 per wheel per Km fine the other way. So there was a lot of confusion at
innamincka to say the least. But I would rather keep the gravel roads as they are as they have a changing personality that helps make your adventure exiting.
So summing up it was so worth while to see the Country out there at its best and with the colours of the Dark clouds, Red Sand and green pasture together it makes you shake your head with the Beauty of the outback.
Cheers
Mal
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