Underground Campsite as the shenagigans continues

Day 13 Continued:

This was a very strenuous day due to the rain the night before. We slid and hung on for dear life for some 240kms. The bikes actually got heavier as we went, due to mud sticking to them.

Gerhard decided that he would exercise his culinary skills and proceeded to feed us mega amounts of protein and a very small salad to balance things out!

  

  

Trevor dressed for the occasion

One of us got no sleep because the one on the top bunk kept climbing up and down and doing what, only he knew. Eventually we put the kid railing in-place and this prevented him from getting down until morning!

Day 14 Leigh Creek to William Creek (Lake Eyre)

We got an early start, fearing more rain and damaged roads.

  

Stopped in at the Lake Eyre Yacht Club…..

There where two small cats for sail.

Some modern art – Outback style

That’s not water. It’s just a mirage caused by the reflection of the sun off stones.

World class hotel.

5 star accommodation at William Creek. The water is so salty that not even shampoo foams.

A parking meter in William Creek

Just a reminder of how far away we are from home.

  

Our pilot, Alison for the flight over Lake Eyre. Trust us when we say she is one very, very good pilot.

Lake Eyre from the air.

When the lake was at 50% capacity (a couple of months ago), the fish thrived and the birds flocked in the thousands. At the moment the lake is about 30% full. It is a very shallow lake +- 2ft of water and dries up very quickly.  The birds have departed and the remaining fish have died due to high salinity.

Spot the camel track. The poor thing walk some 150kms in search of water that kept on receding until it eventually got bogged down and the rangers euthanized it.

  

Day 15 William Creek to Coober Pedy

Talk about feeling isolated. This place is like a moonscape.

 Entrance to the underground campsite in Cooper Pedy

  

See the bike in the background.

Camping underground in Cooper Pedy. That’s a bike under all the stuff.

One of our guys prefers to do things in style. Guess you?

Tomorrow we leave for Kulgera Roadhouse.