Almost bogged in creek bed

Saturday, June 14:

Continued our trek north towards Alice Springs. We camped out by about 300kms north at the Marryat Rest Area 52kms south of the South Australian Northern Territory border.

There were several people already there so we decided to camp on the edge of the creek bed under some large gum trees.

I wanted Wal to back up on the hard track surface and back the van in but he decided to drive forward along the creek bed. Next second poor Rosa was left trying the drag The Palace through the sand but it just sank to the axles.

We were bogged in stupid sand! With some leaves and branches shoved under Rosa’s back wheels we finally freed it and The Palace and set up camp. No camp fire as wood was scarce.

Rosa and The Palace sitting happily in the creek bed under a gum tree.