Day 8

DAY 8

28^th June

Morning pack up then off to Mt Finke. Only 80 odd kms to travel but a lot of dunes in between. Stu told me to drive... fun, fun, fun!! We stopped and had a look at the memorial for Martin (Dinger) Denton (Son) and Goog Denton (Dad). They built the Googs track and the road out to Mt Finke.

Lots of fun on today’s drive. Some large dunes with soft sand and bumps at the top. But nothing could get in the way of any cars in our convoy... even casper (the Delica) and Pete towing a T-Van found the going easy enough. Another group of cars struggled ahead of us on some of the dunes, they were also headed to Mt Finke. One of the guys gave us 16 bags of jelly beans... one for each person in our group. How nice.

Didn’t see any animals other than birds, lots of flying ants nests and camel tracks.

We got to Mt Finke before the other group. They decided not to camp near us when Col informed them we had an 11 month old that wakes about 4am each morning... LOL!! Parkes, Williams, Madison and I walked up Mt Finke, got the lungs pumping. Tough going with the steepness and the rocky track covered in Spinifex plants. Well worth the effort for the spectacular views. At least 5 wedge tailed eagles circled us at the peak. We headed back down for happy hour (poor Jessica decided to fall into a Spinifex bush) and another nice evening around a campfire. Several sightings of satellites were made and Stu saw a shooting star. Then it was off to bed ready for an early start and a BIG day of driving tomorrow.