July 27th Red Centre trip. Boggy Hole drive.. day 1

27th July

Day 7 -53km

Today we packed up at a leisurely pace and said goodbye to the Palm Valley campground. As we passed Hermannsburg we briefly sent off a Facebook message so people knew we were still alive, before heading in towards Boggy Hole.

The track is fairly full on, with soft sandy tracks, and creek beds with many rocks. Occasionally we had to carefully judge rocky passes, and we had some creek crossings (one quite long, and another above tyre level).

Jerry Can tree!

longest water crossing

Deepest water crossing

We stopped by one stretch of water to have a bite of lunch, before heading on.

Eventually we arrived at the spot called Boggy Hole campgro6nd. Here we have set up for the night on a rise with the red cliffs behind us. Below us stretches the permanent waterhole, where pelicans and egrets are fishing for their dinner. We are the only ones here at 4.15pm, so we are hoping that means we have the place to ourselves tonight. The sky remains cloudless, so we are expecting another chilly night tonight, as we sit quietly contemplating life, and wondering how we got to be so lucky.