Early May: Transit from the NT to the East Coast

The Road unfolds before us.

The trip across in the old white Dyna was fabulous. Camped in some great places, took the tour out to Cape Crawford, caught the express road through Mt Isa, then wiggled down the backroads across the godforsaken backblocks of Queensland.

Long luscious hours of deep conversation while the country unfolded around us. The ritual of making camp. Early nights to sleep and up with the sunrise for yoga, breakfast and the packing dance, tending to the patient steel beast that carries us. We make good road gypsies.

At some point a few days from the coast the beast's ancient alternator siezed up. I had put on an extra deepcycle battery to run the Engle, so if we were near a power outlet we charged up the battery bank at night. Problem was the truck wouldn't low idle...so it made for some very exciting passages of city driving....