Thierings on Tour

We woke up with a beautiful view of the cliffs and Robinson river below. It was very cold in the morning and it seems that all the girls are well and truly sniffly now…

Chris set off for a morning fish down at the river this morning while the girls and I enjoyed a slow morning at camp. 
Jazzy found a beautiful beetle that she wanted to keep as a pet (as you do), but in the end we released it. 
Unfortunately Chris didn’t have any luck with fishing this morning, but there’s always next time…

Then it was time to get ready and move to the next spot. Chris decided to have a quick look under the car and van and found that one of the electric brake cables had completely chaffed through and that the other one was on its last leg, yikes! Lucky our amazing busy mechanic was able to get enough from his tool boxes to solder them back to a reasonable state. Honestly, Chris is the best person to have on a trip like this, phew!

Given we set off a couple of hours later than planned we decided to change our plans a bit and only head as far as Borroloola. Luckily the brakes on the van were working well, so that was a big relief. The road was still pretty rough, but I think we had left the worst of the Savannah Way behind us now. I think we’ve come to the conclusion now that the red dust is here to stay for a while and there might not be much point trying to clean it out every time we stop.

We made it with time to spare for a quick shop at the mini store and again the prices for the local communities shocked me. Our little top up shop was $188, yikes.

We set up at the caravan park and after chatting to the owners we decided to change our plans a bit and just do a day trip to Limmen National Park from here and then take the highway to Mataranka and beyond rather than the dirt track north of Limmen. That also meant one less day of packing up the van! Win win.

Everyone was sparkly clean again and Scarly has been practicing riding her big girl scooter, which I must say she is doing really well. The girls also tried to negotiate jumping in the pool, but it was a firm no given their runny noses. Honestly those kids would jump into a pool in any arctic conditions and no matter how sick! 🙄

We decided to treat ourselves for dinner out and the food was delicious. It was nice to be dust free and sitting at a table with wine in a real glass.

Kms travelled – 109