This just about brings us up todate from my previous postings on 9th Nov since then we haven't had phones, internet or even domestic radio leave alone TV, can't remember the last time we looked at the goggle box. We did have 1 bar on the phone 1kl out of Lyndhurst at the top of the only hill, ankle deep in bull dust and chewing over friendly flies. - so I will endeavour to edit some photos and post them in next posting.
Leaving Arkaroola
We had intended leaving Arkaroola on Saturday 13th but during Friday night it rained pretty solidly resulting in all the creek crossings flooding and closing all the roads out, so we were forced to stay a couple of extra days and do a bit more exploring, how dreadful, it meant we spent a couple more nights sitting round a camp fire chatting and partaking (as you do) with our neighbours at the campsite, Bob and Shirley from Adelaide travelling with an off road Kimberley Camper who’s previous owner was none other than the well known Less Higgins ‘The Bush Tucker Man’. Bob and Shirley were great company and having travelled extensively had a few stories to tell, they want us to look them up when we are in Adelaide, Bob has promised to take me King George Whiting fishing and fishing for blue swimmer crabs, I’ll be keeping him up to that, but you know what it’s like around a camp fire, we were well oiled.
One of Bob’s stories, he and Shirl were in Vancouver at a trade commission, there was a young Canadian having difficulty filling out his Australian visa application, Bob asked him what the problem was and he responded “I have to name the hotel I will be staying at in Australia and I can’t remember the name, it starts with ‘B’ I think.” Bob suggested the obvious, Brisbane, Ballarat, etc,etc each time no, no, no, and jokingly Bob said “Birdsville” “Yes, yes that’s it” said the young fellow, to which Bob asked why the hell Birdsville, the young fellow looked at him and quite seriously said, “well it looks pretty central so if I base myself there I can do day trips to all the major cities like Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and perhaps even stretch it to Perth what do you think?”. !!!!
Intentions were to drive from Arkaroola to Wilpena Pond something like 200kl on gravel road but were informed the road was only open to 4wd but when you are pulling 3.2 tonnes you don’t risk things, so we drove back the way we came in 120 kls gravel and then another 215 kls to get to Wilpena, when we eventually arrived they told us the road was open to all traffic. Not happy Jan. Probably just as well we didn’t travel south though as the way we went we had to drive through bits of water but nothing serious.
Now we are at Wilpena Pound and it’s absolutely beautiful.
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