Day 4 - The Gem Tree to Urandangi (Qld)

Hi all,

Still heading North. Crossed NT/Qld border today and camped at a small outpost about 170km SW of Mt Isa.

Highlight from today (Mon):
- Hearty breakfast - leftover chilli con carne on toast
- feeling fresh after last night's shower
- hit the halfway mark to The Tip! (Tarlton Downs Communications Tower, about midway along Plenty Hwy)
- hit the dirt for the first time; bit rough in places but overall pretty good run
- free camping at Urandangi Pub, on their grassed camping area
- sharing camp with a couple who have just come from The Cape; got some great tips
- knowing we're one day from the start of The Cape
- finally got some reception on the sat phone !!!!

Lowlights:
- learned that Karumba is packed with people and we might have to change our plans and stay elsewhere nearby
- Tosh has lost his lip balm
- discovered the fruit cups were actually sorbet that needed to be frozen !!
- had to last all day in the car without Crown Mints (have since found the spares)
- looking forward to another night sleeping with a generator (two in fact)

Plan for tomorrow: head up to somewhere around Normanton (??) via Mt Isa.