Day 27
Making our way back south down the
Strzelecki Track, today we headed for Cameron Corner. On the map this appeared straight forward but
when we turned off onto Riecks Road, things became a little more interesting.
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| Riecks Road |
Now we were driving across the
dunes and not along them. Up down up
done. There were few vehicles using this
road but we passed a dozen or so motorbikes and a group of Land Drover enthusiasts. The number of motorcycles was explained to us
later.
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| Riecks Road Motorcyclist |
We crossed more dunes and even
weathered a sand storm.
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Riecks Road
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| Riecks Road Sand Storm |
A
ll was going well until we got a
blast on the uhf. Mike needs to pull
over to check a tyre on the van. A thorough
investigation revealed there was a problem with his LHS tyre. Part of it was missing.
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| Mike Inspects the Remains |
After a quick tyre change in
beating winds and squalls of sand, we battled on through the dunes..
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| Riecks Road |
Finally crossing the border to
reach today’s destination, Cameron Corner Store.
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| South Australia / Queensland Border |
It was blowing up a storm and tip
to fall below 6 degrees overnight. Mike
and Jan decided to brave it in there van (with hot and cold water and an electric
heater. Sally and Colin, without words but a simple nod to each other, said “bollocks
to this, we’re getting a cabin”.
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| Mike and Jan’s Camp |
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| Sally and Colin’s Camp with Heater |
Again, the evening was turned
over to the pub. We found out there,
talking to some bikers in the bar, that the reason there were so many
motorcycles on Riecks Road was because the Finke River race was on this weekend
and lots of Victorians were heading to Alice via Cameron Corner.
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| The Corner Store Pub |
The menu here looked fine with
steaks, schnitzels, corned beef and more.
Mike fancied the T bone and the corned beef so instead of schnitzel, Jan
braved her way through a corned beef dish Mike had ordered in error. Kurumba Hotel moment all over again.
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| Mike and Jan Sus Out The Menu |
Before leaving the following morning, we
stopped for the obligatory photos of the Cameron Corner marker.
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| Cameron Corner |
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