Once again we were up early as the the sun was rising. We had some coffee and breakfast before spending ages getting our GoPro's set up. Shane wanted to do a time lapse of the whole track and I wanted a few video shots of river crossings, driving through seas of grass and climbing rocking jump-ups. My GoPro however wasn't behaving well as it would record for a couple of minutes or so and then simply shut off. I thought it may have been overheating with the sun directly on it but I directed the air-con to the screen to cool it down and that didn't work. I checked the Micro-SD card and it seems fine, as is the power supply and battery. When I'm stopped it records fine so it looks like it may be the motion of the car and the bumps that are upsetting it.
The trip back along the track was as rough as the way out but we made good time, stopping at the Calder River for a spot of lunch. Then we stopped off at Wren Gorge again and went for a walk to the Falls and art site.
We dropped into Bachsten Gorge and Shane went for a walk to the Falls while I stayed at the car and tried to troubleshoot my GoPro problems. After that we headed back toward Mount Elizabeth station passing a couple of cars coming in along the track. There was some very rocky sections that required low range to go slow enough so that the car doesn't get shaken apart.
We ended up stopping for the evening at Pearson Camp on the banks of a small creek.
After collecting some firewood we had a quick wash in the creek to remove the dust and grime of the last few days. We lit the fire as the sun went down and cooked dinner on it before writing up blogs and chatting and heading off to bed relatively early. If things go to plan we will get at least to Drysdale River Station to refuel and then head off to Mitchell Falls and Kalumburu.
Sent from my iPhone
No comments:
Post a Comment