We left Rainbow Valley and drove down to Mt Dare which is the last supply and fuel stop before crossing the Simpson Desert. On the way to Mt Dare we stopped for lunch in the dead centre of Australia – literally – we stopped at the Lambert’s Geographic Centre of Australia, signing the visitors book to say we had been there.
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| The four of us at the Gravitational Centre of Australia! |
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| Cody signing the Visitors Book |
We headed onto Mt Dare in SA for the night where we topped up with the most expensive fuel to date on this trip and filled everything we could find with water for our trip across the Simpson.
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| Crossing back over to SA from NT |
Although we were happy to head across the Simpson by ourselves we were very glad to meet another couple who were also heading across and who luckily had their own satellite phone so it saved us a great expense in hiring one for ourselves.
While we were at Mt Dare we were laughing at how laid back Aidan and Cody were. They were sitting on their chairs reading their books when Jaime noticed a small Copper Head snake slithering across the ground. Jaime quickly pointed out the snake out and told them to pull their feet up. The boys didn’t miss a beat – they pulled up their feet and just kept on reading, glancing briefly at the snake as it slithered under their seats!
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| Cody and Aidan attaching our Sand Flag for crossing the Simpson Desert |
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| Out the front of Mt Dare with the couple across the Simpson Desert with us |
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