Wolfe Creek Crater, WA to Tilmouth Well, NT

Friday 22nd June 2018
Well we got up early, 5.40am, before the sun today and headed to watch the sun rise on the crater rim. It was a brisk walk/jog to the top, which we were happy to do as it was very cool. The area of the crater is about 800m wide and 60m deep, it was originally 120m deep. It has a ring in the centre which indicates extra water coming from somewhere. Will have to ask a geologist what causes that. After watching the sunrise, a few photos, a partial walk around the rim, we headed back to camp.

With 900+ kilometres to travel today we wanted to get on our way early. As we were almost ready to go, 2 caravans left. DB wanted to then have brekky as there is no point following their cloud of dust. I suggested we should go anyway and try to get passed them before the main road. So we headed off by 7am. Luckily the 2 caravans had headed to the crater first. So no need to worry about passing them. Hopefully we have got an early enough start for the ones coming from Halls Creek. They do suggest no caravans and trailers, but only time will tell how many people heed this advice.

At the start the road is very corrugated and deadly rocks all over the place. What are our chances of getting to the other side without a puncture. Fingers crossed we make it. DB is so careful when driving in these conditions. The road changes condition so many times today, as does the scenery. Even the road colour changes a lot. We even have a little respite with about 5-10km of bitumen. There are many shredded tyres, whole tyres, piles and stacks of tyres along the way, as well as burnt out cars and dead roos. I have really enjoyed the drive, with the change of scenery, but I am not the one holding the steering wheel. We even had a bit of phone service at lunch time. We arrived at Tilmouth Well at about 6.30pm NT time, treated ourselves fish and chips as it was pretty chilly and headed to bed early. We are almost at Alice Springs ready for the next adventure. Who knows what that will be.