DAY 42 31JULY MOUNTAIN CREEK TO ROPER BAR
A good 14km on,past Ngkurr (unseen on the north bank of the Roper River) was the fabled caravan park of Tomato Island. Hot showers, clean water, lawns. Filled our waterbottles and …
Category: 2017 Cairns Darwin
DAY 41 28 JULY TOWNS RIVER TO MOUNTAIN CREEK
DAY 41 30 JULY TOWNS RIVER TO MOUNTAIN CREEK
Another very tough day of loose sand (=walk), corrugations (=walk) and some stones or clay (=ride).
We were sitting having a sandwich when a caravan came round the corner 300m …
DAY 40 27 JULY COX RIVER TO TOWNS RIVER WITH MANDARINS
DAY 40 27 JULY COX RIVER TO TOWNS RIVER
I can’t actually remember Cox River but from there it was a straight forward run through increasingly dusty conditions to the Towns River. As the road left the hills and rolled …
DAY 39 26 JULY BUTTERFLY SPRINGS TO COX RIVER
DAY 39 26 JULY BUTTERFLY SPRINGS TO COX RIVER
Left the beautiful Butterfly Springs after filling water bottles from the small cascade flowing from cracks in the rocky tableland above – lovely clear clean cool water.
A few hours later …
DAY 38 25 JULY SOUTHERN LOST CITY TO BUTTERFLY SPRINGS
DAY 38 25 JULY SOUTHERN LOST CITY TO BUTTERFLY SPRINGS
Woke in the morning to see a couple of buffalo cows and a calf grazing nearby. They quickly spooked and ran off.
Riding today was a repeat of yesterday – …
DAY 37 24 JULY BATTEN CREEK TO (ALMOST) SOUTHERN LOST CITY
DAY 37 24 JULY BATTEN CREEK TO (ALMOST) SOUTHERN LOST CITY
Up for another great day of dirt road riding.
The first couple of km was excellent and fast but then the road went to pieces. Literally! Some parts were …
Day 36 23 July Borroloola to Batten Creek
Full of fight and ready for the challenge! Packed and a quick trip to the shop 3km round trip) for a few last supplies. Then a wait while Chris O’B who joined us in Borroloola to fit everything on his …
DAY 35 22 JULY RETURN TO BORROLOOLA
After a very restful and calorie -stuffing day at King Ash Bay it was back on the deadly treadlies and back up the corrugations to Borroloola. Relaxed lunch of fresh vegetables and fruit from the store and a chat to …
DAY 34 21 JULY KING ASH BAY REST AND RIVER JAUNT
DAY 34 21 JULY KING ASH BAY REST AND RIVER JAUNT
Chris O’B asked around and found some fishermen who would take us down the river for a jolly. Frank and Mike took Chris and I 30km downriver where they …
DAY 33 20 JULY BORROLOOLA TO KING ASH BAY FISHING CLUB
DAY 33 20 JULY BORROLOOLA TO KING ASH BAY FISHING CLUB
A bit more shopping and go to the post office to put in an authorisation for Robyn to pick up my mail and then out to KAB.
20km of …
DAY 32 19 JULY TO BOROLOOLA
DAY 32 19 JULY TO BOROLOOLA!
Road keeps getting better! Still off and walking occasionally but on the whole much more rideable. In the last 20kms to Borroloola we started seeing Downer road crews patching up culverts and a bit …
DAY 31 18 JULY ROBINSON RIVER TO 45 KM FROM BORROLOOLA
DAY 31 18 JULY ROBINSON RIVER TO 45 KM FROM BORROLOOLA
Up and into it again.
When leaving Robinson River we passed a couple who had camped near us the night before. While pulling up to chat as they walked …
DAY 30 17 JULY SURPRISE CREEK TO ROBINSON RIVER
DAY 30 17 JULY SURPRISE CREEK TO ROBINSON RIVER
A better road today. Longer rideable stretches but with some long gentle hills thrown in.
The previous day had done its damage though and I could only manage 50km before asking …
DAY 29 16 JULY Mastertons Cave to Surprise CREEK
DAY 29 16 JULY Mastertons Cave to Surprise CREEK
Out of bed full of optimism. Out onto the road to have the optimism beaten out on THE WORST corrugations and bulldust I have ever seen. The Great Central Road last …
DAY 28 15 JULY HELLS GATE ROADHOUSE TO (NEARLY) MASTERTON’S CAVE
DAY 28 15 JULY HELLS GATE ROADHOUSE TO (NEARLY) MASTERTON’S CAVE
Mounted up, a picture of us all in front of the “Arrivals – domestic and international “ sign at the front of the roadhouse (the airstrip finishes across the …