Gulf and Kakadu tour, 2015 Day 2 and 3

Slept in a bit as it was still a bit chilly and there had been lots of dew overnight so the awning was wet. Eventually got up, packed everything away and hit the road at 8 am. Drove into Springsure where I refuelled the car and had some brekky before heading north to Emerald. 

Then there was a relatively boring drive north through Clermont and then onto Charters Towers which I got to a bit after 3 pm. Once again refuelled the car and drove about 40 kms North to Fletcher Creek, a free camping area. 

This place is huge taking up three of the four quadrants made by the road and the creek. There is one set of toilets and there was way more than a hundred caravaners and campers.  I set up an ASS camp (Awning, Stretcher, Swag) and sent a text message to Phil. 

While I went on a walk along the creek Phil and his brother David arrived and easily recognising my red SWB Paj, started setting up camp. 

After introductions and finishing setup we had some dinner and continued chatting for awhile, finally heading to bed around 9'ish. It was not as cold nor as dewy overnight and we had planned on leaving at around 8'ish which we didn't quit make. The road was mostly good and there was a bit more traffic, mainly tourist as we headed north.  After a quick morning tea at Greenvale we continued onto to Undara and found Kemsley and Liese around lunch time. So after a quick setup (another ASS camp) we headed to the restaurant for lunch and a chat. 

We booked in for dinner that night at the restaurant and headed back to camp to finish setting up. Then it was off for a walk around some of the tracks followed by a cool drink and some planning for the trip. After dinner (Barra and chippies) we got a fire going and sat around chatting until it burned out and then went to bed with the plan that we would leave about 08:30 and head for Normanton.