Gravel Pit free camp along the Stuart Hi

Our aim was to camp overnight at Lake Hart. We stopped for coffee about 1 1/2hours into our trip, at Pimba. Ian also ordered a Chicco roll, and I had chicken on a skewer. Apparently called a kebab! We passed through Woomera which was looking much fresher than our previous camping visit in 2015. There were an amazing amount of caravans, both parked and passing through. Almost every vehicle we passed coming towards us was either a caravan camper or trailer. Not surprisingly Lake Hart was also teeming with Van's. It seems that you need to be ensconced there from very early in the morning. We passed on! The next free camp was about 50kms away, but directions were poor, and we were past the turn off before we realised. 50km further on from there was the Gravel pit. We had the place to ourselves, and lit the most glorious fire, after watching the sunset....which are always worth watching in the desert. And when the sun goes down, the flies go away.....they are almost in plague proportions out here!Read more