Trying to get to the Painted Desert
Given the rain seemed to have abated, and the signs stated that all roads were open, we headed in from Cadney to the Painted Desert, planning to go from there to Oodnadatta, then up to Finke and into Alice on the old Ghan track. The road into Ackarinka Station (Painted Desert) had a few muddy spots but was generally OK. We didn’t pull into Ackarinka till round 4pm, and the guy advised us not to stay, but to head back to the bitumen or we’d be rained in for days. The road signs hadn’t been updated….. the roads ahead were closed.
My poor stoic boys. We had to turn around *back* to Cadney, and didn’t get to camp till after 6pm. They didn’t complain once. What troopers.
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