Fitzroy Crossing, WA

Got away early for our big run of 480k, and ran right into roadworks for the first 100 – rats. Took 1:30 instead of 1 hour, made it a longer than necessary day. Stopped for fuel at Halls Creeks and slid right on out of a rather seedy looking town. Just kept going and going, the road from HC to FC is actually rather good, they probably got sick of rebuilding it after every flood and built it up and proper instead. We keep checking out the free camps along the way, some are no more than a dirt carpark, others are a bit more elaborate with a single long drop toilet even! We heard that one of them, Mary’s Pool, had 100 vans in it last night – don’t even think about how that long drop coped. The smell! The flies! The filth! Ergh.. Only for the desperate I’d reckon. 

Anyhow, we did finally get to stop and take some snaps at a place called Ngumban Cliffs, although I’m sorry to have missed a few along the way.

Couldn’t even find our park at Fitzroy Crossing. We rang them and they were less than helpful, almost as if they didn’t know where they were either! Went to the i-place, they were closed for lunch between 1 and 4. Oh, well they had a large map outside which explained everything and we soon got into the park, picked a spot and hit the pool. Haven’t even unhitched, we can check out FC next time on the way back up to Darwin.

Snap d-jour:

Hey, that's our rig! Ngumban Cliffs, WA