Eringa waterhole was our first stop this morning. This is a beautiful spot with plenty of room for camping. We had an early cuppa there ( only an hour or so since we broke camp).
We visited the ruins there and admired the red dock(?)
and the budgies hanging around. There was a huge water hole. Very beautiful.
We crossed into the Northern Territory at exactly midday-and took a photo of the COVID sign.
Soon after that we arrived at Charlotte Waters. This is just a rocky area with a few aged signs and artifacts. Charlotte Waters was named after Lady Charlotte Bacon. This was one of 12 repeater stations between Darwin and Adelaide and closed in 1930.
At Finke we had a little incident where we lost track of Al and Zita as we headed through town, and had to double back to look for them. This took quite a while. We also had our most interesting bit of track just out of Finke.
We had lunch at Rumbalara siding @3pm after driving for quite a while on a road that we couldn’t get off of. The road was very corrugated and sandy as well. The Finke race was last weekend so the track has had plenty of traffic lately.
We met the grader on the road as we were expecting to pull in soon to camp. What a relief after the last couple of hours of corrugations.
It was just after 5pm when we pulled into our little campsite for the night. it already had a fire spot, some wood and enough phone reception to make a phone call if required. ( from the top of the Sandhill)
- 274km
- All rough dirt road
Ruins ruins
Life was tough
Living out here
Living rough
Rattle bang rattle bang
Down the line
Not too sure
which road is mine
Washout washout
Watch your step
You don’t want to finish
As a railway wreck
Oh dear oh dear
Where are our friends?
Comb the town
From end to end
Hooray hooray
Here they are!
Lucky for all
They didn’t stray far
Sandhills Sandhills
Far and wide
With beautiful campsite
Nestled inside
Fire fire
Coals glow red
Tired drivers
Off to bed
Luvapuzzle 