Starting the Tele track

We were awake at 7 and many people had already left or were in the process of doing so. Once organised, we stopped in at the Bramwell roadhouse for fuel, a stubby holder and a few photos before tackling the Telegraph track. We were behind a big group of motorbikes, 5 of which we encountered pretty early, heading the other direction as they'd decided against the first obstacle, which was fair, the main entrance was pretty ridiculous. Near vertical and verrry narrow at Palm Creek. Ourselves and Peter and Ellen found a nicer way in, it still had a bit of a drop off and we christened the winch to pull ourselves out. I was pretty nervous on the way out, Ben had 'parked' the ute on the exit as far up as it could drive, it was in gear, but kept rolling back ever so slightly every few minutes while he was setting up the winch. I felt like I was in a movie where you're teetering on the edge of a cliff. A bit dramatic, but you know me. We made it up, helped the others with their winch and we were on our way. Ducie creek was much nicer and didn't have a lot a lot of water through it, considering our hema book said it was a 'moderately deep' crossing. I found an easier way out than what Ben found, so I've done my job of the day. We cruised through the South Alice crossing, barely even noticed it, then onto North Alice which was also pretty easy. We noted that after every crossing, someone had put a sign up with 'towing' and a phone number, clever marketing if you have telstra. Dulhunty river was next and now I can say that that I've driven through a river crossing on the Telegraph track (it's a big deal, I promise). We went for a walk and took some photos of this one, the first 'pretty' crossing we've come across, the rest have been pretty muddy or dirty.Read more