HDYC – (13) – Kerry and Peter's Blog

Woke up to so much fog & mist on our 3rd last morning here at HDYC – it was impossible to see the Chewings Range, even the Drovers Hills behind the top accommodation block was not to be seen, the outline of the old kitchen was just visible. The ‘V’ in the Chewings Ranges gradually came to life & could be seen – this took a few hours but the process of the fog lifting was a wonderful site & then the day was beautiful.

We left Hamilton Downs Youth Camp on 31st July, the Tanami Hwy was bitumen to Yuendumu then quite a lot of road workx happening so the road we drove on was great, Tilmouth Well was approximately 100klms east of Yuendumu & just after that stop the traffic became interesting – a rather large camel bull was pacing a utility which had just overtaken us, he did eventually go bush but it was a sight. After the roadworks the corrugations were notable so we just plodded along, saw very few vehicles, we pulled up camp at Renehans Bore, a great camp spot with loads of space & well off the road, lotz of bushes in flower but I have been unable to find all the names of them, they were lovely. After breakfast next morning back onto the road towards Western Australia, the corrugations were abundant for a few hours then bliss(more roadworkx)…