Tanami Track (May 12-14)

The first night was spent at Tilmouth Well Roadhouse at the end of 160 odd kilometres of single lane bitumen.  Had the whole place to ourselves.

Pool at the Roadhouse

Well the next 2 days of driving were something of a unique experience.  850 kilometres of corrugations, washouts, ruts and bulldust.  The view was of continuous long straight roads bordered on either side with spinifex grass, termite mounds of varying sizes, brahma cattle, brumbies and loads of eagles and kites, a dingo, 10 brolgas and 2 snakes but no camels.  We felt very isolated, only seeing one other traveller heading in the same direction as us.  Camped overnight at an abandoned gravel pit off the side of the road on the border of Northern Territory and Western Australia.  W.A. road condition definitely much worse than N.T.  Note from Ashley, the trip across the Tanami returned the best fuel consumption so far, despite the extra load of fuel and water we were carrying.

Spare wheel cover is actually black