We woke up about 7'ish and it wasn't too chilly. After some coffee and a few Sao's for breakfast we decided to have a last minute soak in the spring. And it was an excellent way to start the day. Sometime after 9 am we headed off for Mount Dare to refuel. Parts of the road were good but the last 9 or 10 Kms into Mount Dare were pretty rocky and rough and it was hard to find a comfortable speed to drive. Fuel was expensive ($2.40 per litre) but you have to expect that out here. I needed just over 100 litres for the 580 Kms (601 km according to the gps) from Birdsville. I was quite happy with 17.4 litres per 100 km across the Simpson.
We had a quick rest and a Magnum there before heading north along the Binns Track stopping occasionally to take photos.
The road was mostly good but there were some patches of Bull Dust that almost swallowed the cars. We also stopped at Old Andado station for a look at the old homestead and then later we called into Mac Clark Conservation Area.
We continued north towards Alice Springs but as the sun was going down and the dust was making it hard to see we pulled off the road and found a nice little spot to camp for the evening. There was tons of wood around so the evening camp fire was nice and warm. It wasn't too chilly but it was definitely noticeable when you walked away from the fire.
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