We were up at 6 am as we were supposed to be doing some filming and swimming at 7 am but that didn't happen so after a cereal breakfast we packed up and finally went for swim a bit after 8 am. While the others were swimming and filming at Elliot Falls I wandered around to Twin Falls and had a nice quiet little swim.
While waiting for the others to come back from their swim we transferred lunch stuff across to their fridge as we would be missing some of the OTL so we didn't have to cross Nolan's Brook and could operate as a recovery car on the north side.
After watching them cross the first creek after the falls we headed back to the PDR and cruised up to the turnoff that would come out just after Nolan's Brook and turned down that.
Along the PDR we did hear them briefly on the radio but couldn't work out what they were saying.
We drove down the OTL to the north side of Nolan's Brook and parked in the shade. There had been a reported croc sighting in the area so unfortunately a swim wasn't an option. After a bite to eat for lunch I set up my stretcher and had an afternoon snooze waiting for them to appear. We started getting worried that they hadn't showed up around 5 pm.
They eventually appeared just as the sun was going down with one of the cars being towed after it had trouble swimming across one of the rivers. Nolan's Brook was actually easier than had been anticipated so they set up lights and filmed the crossing after dark. Everything went well so once all the cars were on the north side Dave and I started cooking dinner. As they had had a tough day and we could resupply in Bamaga we cooked up what we had left in the fridge. Lamb Chops on the Weber, mashed spud, bolognaise and pasta sauce a meal fit for kings. We also had to drink the last of our alcohol as once across the Jardine river it was a dry zone. After sitting around chatting for awhile we went off to bed for a good nights sleep.
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