Eggbert's Travels

Sunday 7^th July

SHE SAID:

Heading up the Great Northern Highway we saw heaps of water lying around from the recent rains, also several large road trains with pilot vehicles front & back.

We stopped for a cuppa & again at the Paynes Find Roadhouse for a fuel top-up.

Continuing north for a further 12km we managed to find the free camp I wanted to stay in. It was well off the road & had plenty of room to camp. Geoff got a fire roaring at dusk & we sat out up on a clear starry night looking for satellites.

Paynes Find

Free Camp 12km north of Paynes Find

HE SAID:

To get the fire going all I did was lie some twigs on a previously used fire spot and waited. The heat remaining from the last night's fire was enough to ignite the wood. Fires when camping are always fun, and this one had the benefit of helping to keep away the little biting insects that were trying to eat us alive earlier in the afternoon.