Breakfast at the Bedourie council camp ground then a look around town. The Bedourie information centre is well worth a visit, it’s a wonderful resource full of historical accounts and travellers notes. The Mud Hut is nearby, it was built in 1880 and the pub across the road is 100 years old. The aboriginal history should be noted, the area was particularly busy with trade. So much for Terris Nullis.

We head North to Boulia, only limited signs of rain from last night most of it soaked up into the red earth and sand.

We refuel at Boulia catch up with Alix via mobile phone. The information centre at Boulia is also interesting and useful. Across the road we watch Brogalas quite content as they wander around a house yard.

After lunch at Boulia we head off down the O’Donohue Highway. The road has far more bitumen than we last saw and in general it’s a great gravel road. Despite the roads excellent condition we see only 3 vehicles.

We cross the Georgina River, not much water!  Plenty of Wedgetail Eagles feeding on road kill and Nankeen Kestrels constantly in flight. Not many kites.

We leave the land of the Min Min light and cross into the Northern Territory.

We reach Tobermorey Station at about 4pm. The station is busy with preparations for mustering. Flys are many and busy but nothing weapons of mass destruction, such as insect repellant, can’t fix. Colder weather will see them disappear and avoid the use of environmentally unfriendly controls.

Tobermorey is a great place to stop, has those creature comforts, such as shower and toilet, that we take for granted. The campground is grassed and very comfortable and as the only occupants it’s peaceful. Be mindful it’s a working station so generator noise, cattle, early starters etc are the norm.