The Birdsville track day 1

We left Maree around 9:30 on 22/6/22 to head out along the Birdsville track. We planned to stay one night on the track before reaching Birdsville on the 23rd.
We were not prepared for the green that spread out before us as we began our trip up the track. The road was mostly gravel and a little stoney in places. There were also areas that were a little muddy and othered with deepish ruts in the track. Overall driving conditions were fairly good. We drove to Mungeraniee roadhouse for lunch. We topped up our fuel and the sat a while in the pub/roadhouse. Drank a refreshing bitters lime and lemon. Jamie ate an enormous camel burger 🍔 for lunch. I was glad I just ordered a toastie. We also had a plate of slices for dessert. A little unexpected lunch for us. Back on the road for another couple of hours and then we pulled into Clifton Hill camp area. This comprised of a toilet, a lot of rocks and couple or tiny trees or bushes. There was one other couple staying there.
For the second day in a row we had to de-dust the van. It was covered with dust. We think it is getting in through the back where the bed folds out. It was more challenging to clean here where we didn’t want to use too much of our water.

We sat by our camp fire, had a champagne and ate dinner whist watching the sun set in the desert. The daytime temperature was around 21oC and the evening wasn’t too cold.Read more