Simpson Desert - Day 16, Windorah to Lake Houdraman 02/07/2017

Today we continued our battle against the constant stream of traffic heading west to Birdsville, most of the drive was on single lane tar with some newer wider sections which were a nice reprieve. We sustained some more damage to the car today, on one of the floodway's (which are dual lane) we were forced off the road by a motor home that refused to slow down and stay on his side of the road. We had to take evasive action and unfortunately we side swiped a metal bollard, luckily it was only a glancing blow with paint off the bull bar and damage to the rear alloy mud guard. Our friend in the motor home was oblivious to the issue he had caused and continued on driving down the middle of the road.

From here on in we decided that it was far safer to completely pull off the road when we saw approaching traffic, come to a stop and call them through on the UHF instructing them to keep all wheels on the tar to avoid spraying rocks. This approach worked well and most of the other drivers were appreciative with waves, honks of the horn and nice words over the UHF which was nice but it did slow us down considerably. By mid afternoon we pulled into Lake Houdraman to camp, when we last visited here it was a free camp with no facilities but this has now changed with powered and unpowered sites on offer along with showers and toilets.  The hosts are really friendly and we look forward to having showers again tonight.

Distance Travelled - 241km.






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