We packed up and left fairly early, heading back to the Stuart Highway where we turned south and Brett refueled at Stuarts Well again. We also had a spot of morning tea before heading further south, turning off the highway at Henbury onto the Ernest Giles road and stopped to have a look at the Henbury Meteorite craters. Then it was further west until the turnoff for the Finke Gorge to the north. Along the way we went in search of some old ruins at Illamurta Springs and failed dismally.
We continued onto Running Waters, just outside the Finke Gorge National Park where we crossed the river at a very tricky crossing as the rock ledges were pretty high, but we made it over with no real problems. Just over the crossing we found a great camping spot just beside the river with a great view of a large red cliff and some fresh water. We set up camp early and went for a walk along the creek followed by a very short swim as the water was very chilly. I then collected a fair bit of firewood ready for the evening fire. Brett went for a long walk to the other side of the creek while I lazed around camp. The fire was very welcome that evening as it got quite chilly. The view of the cliff was fairly spectacular as the sunset.
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