19/9/2007 - Second Last Day in the Desert
Today will be our second last last day in the desert. We have a big day ahead of us to get to Peoppel Corner and sufficiently east of it to allow an easy day travel to Birdsville. This will be a big ask, as we are not as far east as we normally are, and Eyre Creek is flooding requiring us to use the bypass.
We head into the big lake country and the desert takes on another dimension all together. The duens now get further apart and higher, and every so often, one comes to the crest of a dune and is gobsmacked by the view over a glistening white lake bed. I couldn't count how many times I've seen it now, but it is still a sight I can't get enough of.
Peoppel corner arrives soon enough and we have some lunch before turning north up the K1 to the QAA. The eastern end of the QAA is softer than I've ever seen it, and it proves to be slow going for a while. As the afternoon draws to a close, we find ourselves in a perfect swale well sheltered.
The fire crackles to life, the drinks are poured and the blanket of stars overhead have us in awe once again...ahh gotta love the Simspon.
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