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Published: July 12th 2021
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The first part of the day would have us travelling on the last section of bitumen for a while as it changes to gravel at Maree. Marree was out of diesel so there went the plan to keep the tank topped up. Not a problem, we had plenty to keep us going.
Before leaving town, we reduced our tyre pressures in preparation for gravel. The road wasn’t too bad and the countryside had its own outback beauty. We stopped several times for a closer look, to take photos, and a mid-morning coffee. We stopped at a sculpture park in the middle of nowhere full of rather bizarre sculptures.
We were amused to see large numbers of finches going in and out of holes in the aeroplane. sculpture. A most convenient nesting site.
It was here that we first met S and G.. They are trying to enjoy a well-deserved 5-week caravan trip which is giving them a break from a full-time carers position. Fellow travellers just seem to talk to anyone. This is the nice part of this sort of travel, For the most part we may never see many again, but
some just seem to be on the same travel plan as us. This sort of incidental chat is how you find out about where to go… or not, road conditions and things to look out for. We got talking, and before we knew it, Greg was trying to help them solve an issue with their power system which kept draining early every evening. This is not funny when you are relying on your own power generation and storage. Problem not solved but some possible reasons offered. We then headed off and they went to the sculpture park.
As Lake Eyre has some water in it, we were able, at the look out to see water in Lake Eyre South. There were the odd wild flowers blooming too. It was quite beautiful.
From here on it was like we were on a different road. Corrugations like you wouldn’t believe. We shuddered and shook for kilometre after kilometre. Just to be clear though, our drive into Wolf Creek Crater in 2012 still left this trip for dead. On a little way we met up with S and G again, pulled over to reduce their tyre pressures
and wondering what we had ours on. We continued on with our shuddering and shaking, leaving them to do their thing.
Much to our relief, after what seemed like forever, we finally reached the turn off to Coward Springs, our destination for the night.
We paid the camp ground fee of $15/person, found a free spot and set up for the night. Our rather testy fridge finally set itself on gas and we had a slow leak from our water tanks. Not a good sign. The caravan was full of dust and cupboards had to be opened carefully to avoid things falling out.
We were eventually joined by another 2 tenting families. With dinner done we took our tired bodies to bed. In the morning we would push on to William Creek to decide there what direction we would head next.
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