The overnight rain and patchy showers made for an amazing sky all the way to Alice Springs, an 800km drive on the third day
Organising equipment and spares for the Christini fatbike for the Finke River expedition
A serious bog!
Red dingo
Finke
Pelicans
Rare black dingo
Some skilled driving
Bob beside his campfire burning a hollow log that acts like a chimney
Red Cabbage Palms in Palm Valley
Cycling beside the wheel tracks is easier than in the ruts
Brumbies dig holes in the river bed to access water, which is just under the surface
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Celebrating reaching the Stuart Highway crossing of the Finke River
Bob with his vehicle, near Coober Pedy
No time for noodling just near Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy, time for breakfast
Just 1210km to go before our Hema HX-1 device needs to give another instruction; how to drive in to Alice Springs
Roaring campfire at our first wild campsite, about 150km south of Coober Pedy
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Cycling the vast Finke River
Bog no.5
Adding dry lube to my chain at lunch
Bob helps me with my bike over the first barbed wire fence on Henbury Station
Setting off from lunch, Harts Waterhole
Donkeys
Extremely old desert oak, possibly 800 years to be this size
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Amazing ochre backdrop to a waterhole (mostly dry)
Parched land
Ruins near Oodratnamma waterhole
Some thirsty flies!!!
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