We awoke early to the sound of road trains driving past. We must have been on the main jet flight path as well as we also heard them overhead.

After breakfast we expected to be driving on gravel fairly soon.

Our first stop was not too far down the road. It was Yuendumu and we topped up the fuel tanks for the long haul across the Tanami.

The tyres had been deflated in preparation. Well we finally hit the red dirt and yes there were plenty of corrugations, dips, grids and whoop-de-dos. For those who don't know, whoop-de-dos is our CB radio code used for consecutive holes in the road which makes your vehicle suspension travel from one end to the other. It really is a warning to slow down a bit. We travelled all day and managed to maintain a fairly good speed. We averaged about 102kms/hr.

We did also pass a few slower vehicles. Joe was quite amused when we reeled in a couple of Nissan Patrol drivers, not towing, and passed them convincingly. Mind you we had to get up to 115kms/hr to pass them quickly. Our memories were reminded of the Nissonator. We had met them previously along the road. They were also travelling to Broome.

It was a very daunting sight to see one of the road trains barrelling down the road towards you. You saw the front of the truck followed by this huge plume of dust which totally engulfed you leaving nothing to see.

It was a very tiring day as we didn’t stop for lunch but chose to keep going while we were doing so good.

We finally got to our next fuel stop. Colin and Wendy’s Cruiser still had ample fuel as it had two big tanks. Joe and Jenny had to top up the 100 series and paid $2.60/litre at Billiluna another of the small aboriginal communities.

We then headed for our overnight stay of Wolfe Creek Crater. Luck for those that did not see the movie.

On arrival the cold beers after the drive did not touch the sides.