Awake to the sounds of road trains today , then birds , then others packing up again . Last night it was feral cats fighting - there must be quite a few around as we saw one out in the middle of nowhere yesterday .
Anyway , we were up at sunup - 7am , we had to pack up and head down the road to Cloncurry - we needed to shop otherwise tea may be interesting tonight .
Lyn hitched up , and we were off - must have made it at least 5klms before the water watch started to beep at us ( the water watch is in the ute and detects water in the fuel before it's too late ) . We pulled over and popped the bonnet , followed all the directions , draining the fuel bowl and put it back together , before pumping fuel back through the system to remove air locks in the fuel line . Starting up again it started to beep again , so we drained it again , all the while thinking about what to do ( go back to Burke & Wills & wait hours for road service , or continue on to Cloncurry ???? ) We started up again and turned around , it beeped a couple of times , then stopped , so we turned back around and headed for Cloncurry , there was plenty of passing caravans & road trains today - someone must have opened the gate & let them out , it was the most traffic we have seen in weeks .
The drive otherwise was uneventful - Lyn was quite happy about that , as was I !!!
The vegetation changed as we drove , there was green grass beside the road - they must have had some rain down here last week , even the barren flat areas had a slight green tinge to them .
As we got further , mountain ranges started to appear in the distance , and as we got closer to Cloncurry , the rocky outcrops appeared to be darker rocks , nearer Cloncurry tip there was a ridge of quartz or marble - we're not sure , but may find out tomorrow . Today we were setting up ,washing clothes , having some lunch , chatting to Emma and then shopping before a beer & salsa !!
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