Wednesday, 8 August 2018

The Simpson and Kimberleys trip, 2018 Day 20

We got up early as the sun came up. After a quick coffee and breakfast we hit the track. We stopped to have a look at Jameson Arch as we had missed that on the way in. It's a bit hard to see from the parking spot but we went for a walk up the hill a bit to try and get a better view. Shane decided to go mountain goating while I went back to the car and got the drone out. It was still hard to see properly so we backtracked along the road a couple of hundred metres and found a reasonable spot for photos. 


We continued on over several creeks and rivers and the odd jump-up or two. After one rather innocuous creek crossing the car gave out its Bing-Bong warning sound and I nearly had a heart attack, when I looked down at the dash I saw that Windscreen Washer Fluid low level warning light was on, and I immediately felt better. 
Finally we got to the top of Magpie Jump-up, probably the hardest bit of the track, and what is officially the start and end of the Munja Track. We had a celebratory drink for morning tea and then continued on. Lunch was had by one of the river crossings back on Mount Elizabeth Station and then it was a cruisey run into the station to return the gate key and get the deposit back. As we left the station Shane's tyre monitoring system started playing up and he tried swapping the batteries around but it's still not working properly. Back on the Gibb River Road and we had a fairly steady run behind a tour bus (80 kph) while staying back far enough to miss the dust. We passed them at the Kalumburu turnoff when they stopped for a break and we continued onto Drysdale River Station where we refueled the cars and grabbed some quick afternoon tea. 
We continued north to the Munurru (King Edward River) Campground, only stopping along the way to pick up some firewood. We paid our camping fees and the Uunguu Visitor Pass as the sun went down and we picked our camp site. The fire was going quickly and dinner wasn't far behind, Shane was trying to come up with a fancy name for has Sardines on toast but while he was trying to think of it he burned one of his pieces of toast. Shane tried a few mores things with the tyre monitors but they still refuse to work properly, the only thing to do now is to replace the batteries but I doubt we'll find them before we get to Kununurra on the way home. The current plan is to head out to Mitchell Falls tomorrow and see the Falls, camping the night out there.

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