So after Gunshot, we moved on and did a few more crossings...not too many dramas but still some hairy moments. One of the highlights of the track are the waterfalls, and not just for their beauty. We got to swim in them!!! Oh, you can't begin to understand my excitement about this. I've been away from water (that you can swim in) for WAY too long. We stopped at Fruitbat Falls first and we swam, oh it was divine!!!! None off us wanted to get out, there was waterfalls! Natural spa like areas, crystal clear water and sandy bottom. We felt revitalised and energy was renewed. I felt like my old self for a moment :)
From here we headed to Elliott and Twin falls, both really nice, but we didn't swim in these ones. Now completely revitalised we headed toward the end of the track...well that's what we thought anyway. The trailer brakes went - something got jammed in the brakes and they were super hot (or something like that)...so had to pull off the road and take the tyre off and fix it bush mechanics style.
Our last water crossing was the one we'd heard about...the one that had taken the lives if 12 cars. Needless to say we were a little nervous. Along the road after the falls we had run into an older couple who's friend had been stuck in Nolan's Brook for too long and had cooked the electrics in their new Prado!!!! So they were heading back to the other sude of the crossing to help them. He was a maniac and the wife was ... Ummmm...how can I put this nicely...the wife from hell..or mentally deranged. We're all coming up with some pretty wild descriptions. She was ordering him around like a child. It was giving us some entertainment though, as terrible as it sounds. So when we arrived at the crossing there was a car being winched out...swifty went first and powered through, he went the 'hard way'...easy. We decided to go the other way that had a bit of a twist and corner and then through the water to the other side. We got through the bend and half way across the water and lost traction...water started pouring in the car. Az was making sure I wasn't panicking but I thought it was quite amusing to feel things start floating up my leg the longer we were in there. Swifty snatched us out and as you can imagine, when doors were opened, a flood of water came out! Skye captured it all on video and I got it from the inside! While we were on the south side (before the crossing) we were speaking to some guys from WA. They were coming from the other way and reckoned they were seeing what we did to determine how they went across. We all ended up staying there for 2 nights!!! Swifty's clutch seized so the WA boys, Ian and Max, helped us out with that. Then helped with our radiator - we had done a swap with Ian for some Knead it - he used our car bra for the water crossing. We ended up calling the place the Bermuda Triangle cause so many things went wrong.
We had a huge night the first night...with Skye and I as entertainment - after nearly 1.5 bottles of vodka, anyone becomes entertaining. She decided to light my hair on fire with a lighter..I was the last to realise..hehe. The she fell if her chair and was rating the decline as she had with the hills we'd been climbing. She reckoned she was at Stage 3...we had a great night!! Needless to say the next day was spent half in bed, half in the creek bathing and the bits in between eating and fixing stuff.
It was disappointing to see so much rubbish left by other people. We decided to burn some of it to get rid of some of it...in hindsight probably should have looked in the bags...the bang that an old aerosol can gave off made most of us jump onto our chairs!!
I think we were all a bit sad to leave the bous and the bermuda, great times! It was funny though, the boys left and we went to leave and the trailer's wheel nuts had come loose, so we spent another hour there before heading off the track.
We crossed the Jardine Ferry, diesel there was $2.20/litre! And the ferry was $88 return for a car. The roads on the other side were crazy...si bad compared to what we've been driving on. We all said we're glad we hadn't been driving on that sort of road all this time..especially when swifty realised one of his trailer wheels were about to fall off! Another road-side bush mechanics stop.
We arrived at Loyalty Beach Caravan park yesterday..great spot! We met up with another car group and they are here too, and the origin is on tonight...needless to say, the night is going to be big. Tomorrow, we're heading to the tip, photo opportunity! Who knows we may even stay here another night...
Stay tuned xxx
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