Here we are... In the middle of nothing but a flat plain. Single clumps of greenery adorn the red dirt. The sky is grey and it loks like it could be a repeat of yesterday. The wind, yesterday, felt as if had blown straight from the Antarctic. It sliced through any body standing on the ground and it was soo cold! Is this what the Gobi Desert is like? I think I might need more thermals!
It rained yesterday and last night. When it rains up here, it turns the bulldust to soup or sludge and makes travelling dangerous. Bull Dust is so called as it covers potholes in the road and drivers, unaware of what lies beneath the dirt, can end up with a very damaged vehicle.
If the road is too bad - the Strzlecki Track - it will be closed and anyone travelling on it will incur an enormolus fine. We have to wait until 9 a.m. to see if th eroad report is all clear. If all is good , we will be headed up the track to Reedy Dprings. If it is negative we will need to work around this area or where anything is accessible by clean road.
Our lodgings are basic but warm and comfortable.
The cabins are retired railway carriages - probably left ovewrs from the old Ghan Railway.
For those of you reading this, make sure you check out the Spaceward Bound website. Guy has uploaded photos taken at various plaves. check them out and if you have messages or comments please make them!!!!!!!!
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