A short 20-30 km down the road and the corrugations were getting bad. I thought that I hadn’t shown pictures of corrugations so tried getting some but of course they don’t show up on camera. Believe me, this is a …

My camp flooded!

About 10 pm the rain got heavier and I congratulated myself that the 14 year old tent (that I had re-waterproofed with a coating of 1 part pure gutter silicone to 10 parts mineral turpentine) didn’t leak.…

A bit of rain overnight, just enough to prevent the road drying out.

Broke camp in the subdued light of misting rain and clouds low over the Mannamana (?) Range (which is the range Lasseter had to race along trying …

Well, the rain started today. Only light misting rain, almost just saturated air, until mid afternoon. After that it got to a light drizzle but a lot more rain had fallen ahead of me from Docker River for the next …

Left Warburton with an escort (briefly) of three primary school kids wagging school for a bit of motorbike riding up the GCR.

The road quickly deteriorates into a moderately rocky older style road as it heads up the Warburton Range. …

Given that, strictly speaking, non-community members can’t visit the Warburton community (although I gather this is not actually strictly enforced) all that is left to do in greater Warburton is to visit the community administration centre and art gallery. This …

Made it to Warburton! Halfway!

Just more road but mostly in good condition. Not much traffic but again, those that did pass generally made sure that I was OK for water/health etc.

The last car to stop was a senior …

Reluctantly said goodbye to the bitumen road/air strip at Tjukayirla (the most isolated roadhouse in Australia) and back on to variously sandy/corrugated/good road.

Interest this time was the appearance of camel tracks and even the sighting of three live camels.…