Sunday 5 August 2018, CSR Day 5
Stats -161km, 16lt/100km, 22km/hr.
Left the beautiful Durba Springs and were unable to access Well 17 due to the installation of a large
gate. We had a slow journey over the dunes with a couple of very soft ones and on to Well 18 for
morning tea. More dunes took us to Well 19 which was a bouncy road where Trip Leader destroyed his
wine glasses and cups. Well 19 was not very inviting for lunch, so the Trip Leader found a shady lunch
spot under a Desert Oak tree surrounded by blooming wild flowers. Then on to Savoury Creek with its
beautiful blue water and stunning views over Lake Disappointment where the road improved. The final
dash was made to Well 20 and camp was established for the night. Unfortunately, the Trip Leader lost
his rear number plate at the Savoury Creek water crossing.
Monday 6 August 2018, CRS Day 6
178 km, 15.8 lt/100km average speed 28km/hr.
Left Well 20, morning tea at Well 21 after drive over interesting sand dunes and then the view over Lake
Disappointment. Then on to Well 22 for lunch which was also a disappointment as we discovered that
the Trip Leader had a broken LDS rear strut. This was removed, and we then drove to Georgia Bore
where it was decided to drive to Parngurr to sees what facilities existed there. We arrived as the store
was about to close and we had a discussion with Mark the store manager. There was an option of
finding a second-hand strut from the scrap heap and Mark volunteered to drive us around the scrap
heap but unfortunately there were no suitable struts. So, we left town and set up camp about 20 kms
south of the town on the advice of Mark.
Tuesday 7 of August 2018 CSR Day 7
157km.
Rod packed up his car up and filled up with petrol before heading off to Newman to buy a new strut. We
filled up, bought an ice cream and some groceries and headed off into the Randall River National park.
We raided some wheel nuts from an abandoned car by the side of the road and had lunch at the
Watrara Pool which is a beautiful camping spot by a large pond. As the Canning Stock Rout was flooded
we took the 500km detour via the Rundal River National Park taken by most other people and we then
drove onto the Desert Queen Pool where we set up camp for the night and joined some people for
drinks around their enormous campfire. The scenery driving in was stunning with the sun setting on hills
lighting up the beautiful colours. They had also picked up Rods number plate which we will hand back to
him in due course.
Wednesday 8 August 2018, CSR Day 8
Lay day at Desert Queen Baths, walked up the canyon to see all the pools, collected fire wood and
climbed a hill to take photos. Graham and Laurice, who we had met earlier in the trip, arrived lunch time
and we had agreed dinner around the camp fire with damper.
Thursday 9 August 2018, CSR Day 9.
Stats - 263km, 14.2lt/100km, average speed 41km/hr
Left Desert Queen Baths early and drove north to meet Rod and David. Passed Moses Chair and
Christmas Pools before arriving at Telfer Mine where we heard from Rod and David over the radio. We
then met up with them on the road to Punmu. Lunch was taken by Lake Dora which is a large salt lake.
Filled up at Punmu at $3.00/lt then we camped at the camp site 4kms out of town.