We made it to Drysdale and had one of their famous burgers and got petrol. Then we got back on the road and headed for King Edward River which is at the turnoff to Mitchell Falls and thought we would stay there the night. On the way with all the corrigation the CB aerial fell off and we thought the nudge bar at the front of the car was going to fall off. So Michael had to get out in the dust and 35+ heat and do abit of bush mechanics and tighten everything up.
We didn't arrive at King Edward until 2.30pm but we thought why don't we just keep going the extra 80kms and stay at Mitchell Falls for the night. The road into Mitchell Falls is meant to be one of the worst, we didn't find it too bad just a bit rocky. When we arrived we couldn't beleive that we were there as we had not planed on going that far and it is a massive achievement to get there. Michael has done an amazing job of driving the entire time. I have only driven in towns for about 50 kms without the caravan on the back and he has driven approx. 16,000 kms so far.
That night we were all tired so we had an early night after a camp fire.
The next morning we had a lazy morning and made damper in the fire and set off for The Mitchell Falls walk at 11am.
Before we left Mitch saw a massive green python slither across the road in the camp ground, the track it left in the dirt was massive. I quickly made sure that the tent was zipped up.
On the way into the Falls the boys stopped off for a quick swim and we looked at some aboriginal art. The walk in was hot and we really enjoyed swimming in the small pools at the top of the Falls.
We had booked a helicopted to pick us up from the falls and fly us over it before dropping us back to the camp ground. It gave you a great perspective of the area and the falls.
We were so glad that we had made it this far.
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