We were up and going relatively early from camp, heading east towards the Frenchman's Track start. Things always take a lot longer when they need to be filmed. We turned onto the track and there weren't to many worries. Along the way we let a local car through as they were heading off camping. When we got to the Pascoe River and it's crossing we found that car hung up on its diff with no traction to the rear wheels. A quick winch backwards and a different line saw him through with no more worries. We set up for a quick lunch before stating the crossing. Luckily there was no more traffic as it took quite a few more hours to film the cheap cars getting through.
Once all the support cars were through we stopped for a rest and a swim before heading off. More filming for a steep rough bit of road, then it was decided that Dave and I could forge ahead to the Wenlock River and look for a camp site. Here we hit a few snags. The first being a longish water traverse with the first 20 metres (east to west) being pretty soft. I almost lost a croc, sinking to the bottom when I walked across to check the depth. Dave tried a couple of times but bogged down. We waited for the rest to catch up so we would have recovery options. When they arrived he gave it another go and got through fine. The 79 Landcruiser came next and just made it through as it was bogging down. A couple of the cheap cars came through with no problems as they were pretty light, one of them went back for seconds as it was fun.
We headed off while they played and another problem popped up about three or four kms down the road. It's just a small creek crossing but it had a very steep and leaning entrance with no way around it.
We waited for the others to come along and because it was close to sunset we decided to camp the night before risking the cars on the crossing.
Once again they set up the camp trailer and did a bit of filming, while they did that we started cooking up some beef kebabs on the Weber. After dinner we sat around and chatted for awhile before heading off to the swag.
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