So there we were this morning, driving into Winton, the petrol warning bleeper was bleeping away letting us know there was only 10 k's of fuel left and we had 13 k's to go. So when the car started to make funny noises and juddering it seemed we were going to run out of fuel. But not so - as per the kodak moment at the top of the page. Seems we got a puncture and the tyre was shredded and the wheel was stuffed to put it mildly. The mud flap on the trailer was ripped off and there are some other minor things done to the trailer. But being the hero Mike is - the wheel was replaced, we made it into Winton with 5 litres of fuel to spare. What a day.
But back to our adventure. When last I did an update we were going to go out the next day fishing for barra at Karumba. No, we didn't catch a barra, but we did catch 6 milk sharks, which were thrown back, and 2 good sized mackerel, which ended up on the barbie that night - we made little pigs of ourselves and ate every morsel. Yummy.
Our intended destination the next day was Adels Grove, but it is a long hike, mainly over gravel roads so we bush camped at Gregory Downs and next morning headed into Adels Grove the next morning. If any of you have been there you will agree that it is a little slice of heaven there and if you have not been there - well you should.
There are some fantastic bush walks through the beautiful canyons, up some cliff faces and along the riverside. The water of the river is a beautiful emerald green colour, contrasted against the red cliffs and blue, blue sky it is just magic. The photo above is from a look out looking down on the falls.
Adels Grove does not have power nor does it have any form of telecommunications so at night after dinner we sat and star gazed. Just bliss.
After leaving Adels Grove we headed into Cloncurry for a one night stop over and now we are in Winton. We will be here for two nights as tomorrow we are heading out to Larks Quarry to look at the dinosaur stampede footprint. It is about 110 k's down the road (almost the next suburb when you talk distances out here) so we will be gone for the better part of the day.
When we have 'done' this place we will go down the road to Longreach for a couple of nights, so we can see the Stockmans Hall of Fame and visit the Qantas setup.
The weather continues to be beautiful during the day - 30 plus most of the time, but the nights are getting cool as afterall we are now heading south and back towards home.
