Leaving Barcaldine we headed on our next leg where we will ultimately end up in Bourke but little did we know en-route that a little incident involving a bridge and truck loaded with 50 tonnes of ANFO would change our plans.
Leaving Mt Isa we headed east towards Cloncurry only to not get very far. Anne had read on the camps book there was a ghost town not far up the road and wanted to have a look perhaps we could even camp there the night!!!
We can feel the cold now especially in the mornings lie in's are now becomming frequent. We are in Mt Isa some 1000km South and 600 Km east of Darwin. Travelling along the Stuart Highway untill Threeways roadhouse then turn left and head along the Barkley Highway through Camooweal.
We have finally left Darwin and back on the road again and making our way back south again... SLOWLY. The weather here is quite cool at nights and we're only 300km from the top so we can imagine how cold it must be further south. We are camped at Mataranka homestead beside the natural hot springs of Elsey National Park soaking up the warm water soothing our aching dusty body's.