Day 37 - Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) to Fitzroy Crossing - 4th September 2017

 Set off today with Sue driving the first 110 km to Halls Creek. I then took over and drove a further almost 200 km before stopping at Ngumban Cliff Lookout Rest Area for lunch. We saw a number of wedge-tail eagles along the way before arriving at Fitzroy Crossing at around 2.30 p.m. We set up camp at Fitzroy River Lodge and Camping Area and took advantage of the resort pool to cool off. A quick trip around town didn't impress so we returned and continued reading our books as once again television reception was sadly lacking.

Day 36 - Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) - 3rd September 2017

 We set off early this morning (7.00 a.m.) with "Bushie" our driver/guide at the helm in a solid 4 wheel drive bus. We traversed Mabel Downs Cattle Station on what was one of the roughest roads imaginable - seemingly worse than the Gibb River Road. Anyway we made it to the parking area at the base of the Bungle Bungles after some 1 1/2 hours of bouncing around in the vehicle. Once there we set out on foot firstly to Picaninny Creek Lookout followed by walking to Cathedral Gorge after a lovely morning tea and then past the dome karst sandstone formations on the way back to the bus. It was all breathtakingly beautiful and also very, very hot. All of this was followed by a delicious pita bread luncheon which went down well. We had an issue at lunchtime in that the bus had developed a flat tire  and so while most of us ate, the driver and with some of the men on the tour assisting, set about changing the tyre for the spare. Once mobile again we then drove to Echidna Chasm where we enjoyed a shorter but also very beautiful walk. And then it was another two hour rough drive back to our starting point for the day which was testing but well worth it for what was a wonderful tour all round. On top of which we also had a delicious barbecue meal cooked for us at 6 p.m. During the day we befriended  two interesting couples, a French dentist and her male French partner a veterinarian andan Australian couple who had their own company whose purpose was for medical transfers from overseas to Australia by aircraft. As you can imagine the evening was spent in interesting conversation over a beer and glasses of wine.