Dennis does Gunshot

It was with a little sadness that we left Loyalty Beach and started the long journey home! Dennis was pretty keen to see Gunshot so once again we left the main road and headed to the old telegraph track. Boy was it rough!!  Some ruts were very deep and at this spot there was only a narrow bit to drive over! 

The track is very narrow and we hoped no-one came along the other way - we did have our UHF on channel 40 and advertised we were on the track.

        

Then just before Gunshot Dennis got into a rather delicate situation which needed some manouvering to ensure the camper wasn't damaged.

    

It just so happened that a group had just come through the creek ( we missed seeing them and no one else came along!) and these big boys (and little Darryl!) were able to lift the camper across so Dennis could drive out! 

      

After that excitement we had our picnic lunch, waited a while to see if anyone was going to cross the creek, then headed off. The creek is very small and the approaches steep and ridiculous and wish we'd seen someone silly enough to go through. These are a couple of the approaches - no way you could go from north to south!

      

      

Tops and I were pretty glad to get off that OTT and back onto a better road. We stayed overnight at Bramwell Station Homestead - Australia's most northerly cattle station and Dennis tried to share his frozen beer with Darryl! He's had to wash out his fridge and start again as a couple of cans leaked! Today we travelled over the worst stretch of road to Musgrave Roadhouse where we've set up and are now watching fellow travellers roll in! Tops calls this stretch of road no plate broken one but is a bit upset about the lid working open on the tomato sauce and mixing with the flour which developed a hole! Her food box is a bit messy!   Darryl has also been pretty busy watching Dennis setting up the fire. Darryl's theory is lots of fire lighters and minimum kindling whereas Dennis believes in no firefighters and lots of kindling! 

       

In Coen we picked up a couple of items but gee it's a pretty ordinary town and rates almost as the worst one! Tomorrow we have 139kms to get to Laura and then I think we leave the gravel roads and hit bitumen. It will be heaven!! We did wash down the camper before we set up today which makes life much more clean and pleasant! Touch wood we've had no car issues and it's remarkable that a vehicle can take so much punishment over gruelling roads. We've seen a couple of 2WD cars on the road - how they stand up to the corregations I don't know! We even saw 2 push bikes going up yesterday - I reckon that's foolish as they weren't very visible in the dusty conditions and passing cars could throw up dangerous stones! The motor bike chaps seem to bounce all over the bumps but they love it! 

When we reach civilisation and phone service, I will publish this - which will be my last out back one! Trust everyone is fit and well and enjoying life as much as we are! 

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ps sometimes we think we are 'glamping' - can you see the little tent behind Darryl's car?