Hi,
and some more pictures as we begin the trip south...
We had to travel back 60km on the Camerons Corner road to get to the junction of Waka Road that we took south to connect up with the Border Downs road. It is not sign posted heavily as it is really a road for the locals to get to their stations but there is a enough signs to get you to Silverton or back across to the Silver City highway.
Most of the dunes we crossed for the rest of the day were hard clay topped but some of the earlier ones were like this with some soft stuff across the top.
The road travelled right alongside the Border/Dingo fence for about 50-60kms in a section in the middle, but otherwise we were just meandering along through the scrub and dunes. There is a service road that runs along each side of the fence but it is a big nono to be caught driving along the fence itself.
Stopping for lunch took awhile as we searched for some shade close to the road, this dry creek bed doing the honours for a quick lunch of canned fish.
After we left the dunes country the scenery changed to these long rolling stone covered hills until dark, after that not really sure what it was like.
The red one getting some roadside assistance as we replaced the head gasket that blew between 1&2. Managed to do it all in two hours and back on the road just after the sun set.
A real lot of things happened between the last photo and this one and you kind of had to be there to understand it, but we woke up the next morning to find my secluded little late night camping spot wasn't quite as secluded as I thought with there being houses just over those trees.
The Red One had a lot issues on this trip, strange issues that couldn't be explained, but this picture could give some clues as to why it was running rough at times.
A trip to Silverton isn't a trip to Silverton unless you park the Mokes in front of the Icon Silverton Hotel. An empty spot there for our fallen Moke, Smithy, who had headed in to Broken Hill with his mangled trailer in the wee hours.
And for the Mad Max buffs amongst us we had to Park the Mokes where the tanker rolls in the final scenes in of Mad Max II. They needed the hill behind us to get enough speed up to roll the truck in the manner they wanted.
And finally a little special place where you can stand on the edge of the Darling River and see a peak of the Murray River through the gap. The first place the two rivers join.
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