SBJ Rd to Kintore

Woke early due to our body clock on NT time - the track continued to be corrugated and in parts very rocky with many washed out sections with bypasses. The track is very windy to avoid sand dunes and crosses back into NT. 331 kms later we reach Kintore, a small aboriginal community where we were able to top up fuel from a self serve pump which is supposed to operate 24/7.
Heading west, crossing into WA again on the Gary Junction Rd, and regaining the hour and a half lost when we were back in NT, we started scouting for a campsite off the road. Not many places due to the spinifex grass. We finally found an abandoned and sheltered gravel pit about 150kms west of Kintore. Once the flies disappeared we were happy with our site. Well that was until it started to rain! We had had dinner, had our bush shower and were in bed when we decided it was safer to move on than risk a night of constant rain and wake up to a muddy quagmire. So after a quick pack up we were back on the track and within about 15 minutes we found a gravel side road to pop the rooftop tent up again. An array of insects, especially moths, had replaced the flies so it was lights out early.Read more