Day20 (Wed-12-Aug)- Windorah to The Dig Tree

Firstly... we've been out of NextG range for two days, so apologies for the delayed postings.

440km today. Doesn't sound like much, but almost half of that was on road conditions that rivalled the Cape's Bypass Rd. Instead of fierce corrugations, we tackled rough, hard rocky tracks through the gibber country of south-west Qld. We made our destination at The Dig Tree on The Cooper Creek around 2pm, and decided we'd camp there 'cause we'd had enough driving for today!

Highlights from today (Wed-12-Aug):
- arriving at camp early and being able to rest & recuperate on the banks of the Cooper Creek
- peaceful, still, uncrowded campsite right next to the Dig Tree; a spectacular sunset and another mild evening under a clear sky

Lowlights:
- rough, remote last 200km to Nappa Merrie from the north
- hitting (probably fatally) a beautiful, rare endangered bush bustard that was too slow to take off as we approached it at 80km/h
- noticed sub-tank fuel gauge is reading wrongly; a quick investigation failed to fix it; another job for when Tosh gets home

Tomorrow we plan to continue south, staying east of the Qld border, pass by a couple of Techo's oil fields around Tickalara before heading across the NSW border toward Tibooburra.

Tosh & Techo.