To start the day off today we relived some of the 2005 Outback Challenge by driving most of the route the final three stages covered although we took the easy route around the winch section !
For me the final navigation stage of the 2005 event was my favourite and I’ve always remembered the amazing views near the end of the stage where we climbed to the top of a high peak overlooking the Mundi Mundi plain. Given it’s nearly ten years since I drove it I was surprised how much of it I remembered although, as everywhere, it’s a lot greener now. The view near the end of the stage was as spectacular as I remembered it and the creek bed and the rest of the terrain are all typical of the OBC so it was great to have a chance to drive it again, albeit at a slower pace…

After checking back in with the station to let them know we had completed it and were safe we headed to Broken Hill and the supermarket before booking into the camp site. All very mundane after a morning driving around the bush.
Tomorrow we’ll pay a visit to Silver City 4×4 to see if I can get the propshafts greased before we head east to start what is really the final stage of our journey, heading eventually to the Queensland coast in the north before returning along the coast to Sydney.