Report by Col Jaegar
Leaving camp we motored on to Burkes original grave site, form there it was onto the Dig Tree for morning tea. After a cuppa and much discussion about who was going via the Bore Track or to Innamincka and down the Strzelecki Track to Tibooburra.
The convoy then split with 8 vehicles going each way. On arriving back at Innamincka we were in time to see the Royal Flying Doctor Service plane taxiing down the main street. On board were dignitaries for the opening of the Hospital Museum. Dick and Pip Smith from the Australian Geographic, spoke briefly with some of our group and posed for a couple of photos together with Drew Kettle the Swaggie and his dog Laddie.
From there it was down the road to Camerons Corner for smoko. This section of the Strzelekci Track with its up, down, up down of 216 dunes (by Tony and Alison Prices’ calculations on a previous trip) didn’t quite agree with poor Rita, she didn’t look well at all but recovered after a short break.
The other convey that travelled via the Bore Track arrived at Camerons Corner about half an hour after us. They had a couple of mechanical problems arriving a lot later than they expected.
Just on sunset, it was then onto the last leg of our trip for the day. By the end of the day we had been and crossed quite a few borders – S.A. – Q.L.D. – S.A. – Q.L.D. – N.S.W. We arrived at Tibooburra at about 9.00pm so the group were divided up into 2 groups and ate at the two pubs in Tibooburra. Beware of the homemade pies at one of the pubs, 2 members of our trip suffered food poisoning and a lady from Gail and Kevin Perry’s trip the week before had suffered the same problem.