We left Kings Creek Station at 0830hrs on a very dull, overcast day. I'm a bit stressed, hoping that others don't pike out of crossing the Finke River. I've been looking forward to this bit for 6 years now. It's the reason behind this entire trip.
So far so good. We're on the first part of the 4WDing across Palmer Creek, and all is good. We stopped to let the tires down to 30 PSI. Jack is totally nuts today. I think he's excited about the fun 4WDing. He suddenly just ran off ahead at a sprint in bare feet, then as we got there pretended to be hitch hiking.
It's icy cold, a grey sky and sprinkling cold rain, but fun, fun, fun! I just love the 4WDing. Lucky we're all inside vehicles for this bit. Even Jack is now.
Our pretty little creek had no water this time which was a good sign for being able to get through the entire gorge. Just not as pretty this time.
Oops, we accidentally took a short cut across the edge of a cattle property with cows running in front of us.
We got to the first Finke crossing to find it almost dry. The bedrock is awesome, like jutting up sandstone steps, with a little water at the end. Col, Jordan and Peter drove the crossing easily. Peter took a small scrape on his runner off one of the rocks though.
Absolutely loving the Finke River and red cliff views as we stopped to load up the car with firewood before getting into the National Park.
Many of the other crossings had no water, and the 4th crossing that had turned us back last time was shallow this time. Leah and I had a great time with our cameras at the second crossing where there is a fantastic red rock wall and glassy pool of water.
What a fantastic day! Boggy Hole seemed further than expected because of the slower 4WDing. It was just beautiful! We had the best campsite available with the large permanent waterhole and a red cliff backdrop. There were swans, ducks and pelicans. Gary could just manage to throw a rock across the river, and Col succeeded using a stick as a baseball bat.
After setting up camp, there was a lot of time for exploring and relaxing before tea. It was such a lovely night around the campfire, with Leah and I then reading by the fire until late. An absolutely perfect day!
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