We left Winton early (for us) and made our way to our last camp at White Mountains National Park. Good plan - but it wasn't to be. After a stop in Hughenden, we arrived at White Mountains NP in time for lunch. After lunch, and before we set up camp properly, we headed off for a drive up Poison Valley Road (no kidding!). The start of the drive was over a sand dune, and so quite difficult, but after that it was just an ordinary rough narrow track. We drove for about 10kms without any interesting bird sightings (Mick was looking for flowering gums or grevilleas), then made our way back to camp.
That's when we had our second mishap for the whole trip. We had set up camp and were about to make a cup of tea (something that has become a camp tradition) when we had a gas leak. There's not supposed to be flame coming from where the gas hose joins the stove, but that's what we had. We tried a new "O" ring (what a battle that was!), but it made it worse, so we packed up camp and set off for Charters Towers for the night.
We made the short trip home to Townsville on Friday morning - then started unpacking and cleaning all the gear. Our great adventure had many memorable moments and only two mishaps.
We travelled around 13 000 kilometres in 74 days. We had allowed funds to stay in some special places and came in under budget. We stayed in caravan parks, cottages, motels, lodges, with friends and family, in National Parks and in the bush. We experienced temperatures ranging from 40 degrees to 1 degree. We had a wonderful adventure and can't wait to pack up and hit the road again.
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