Gorgeous Gorges and more dust

12 August

Another pretty campsite, surrounded by red escarpments on either side and the Victoria River just below.

What spectacular scenery today. We thought the area around the Victoria River was spectacular but there was more to come. Each day seems to bring more surprises.

We began the day with a drive down to the boat ramp at the Victoria river, then a hike along the escarpment walk up to the lookout that overlooked the river and the other escarpments. Here we chatted to a couple and their two children from Tasmania that have been travelling for14 months and even had a baby along the way in Alice Springs!!!!!

Next onto the dusty Buchanan Highway past more spectacular red cliffs and escarpment that looked even more outstanding under the beautiful clear blue sky.. We lunched at Jasper Gorge then back tracked to the turn off to the Tuwakan track that goes west across to the Bullita access track to Bullita Homestead. The Tuwakan track was described as 20km with an estimated time of 3hours to traverse. We soon found out why. Talk about rocky road

Believe it or not - THIS is the road!!!!

but it only took us half the time they recommended and we only sustained minor damage, no shredded tyres fortunately.

We were going to camp at the Bullita campground but we found it distinctly uninviting so we headed north to Timber Creek for the night after checking out the historic Bullita Homestead.