Gidday all,

Had a relaxed weekend at Worlds End Gorge, some traffic up and down the dirt road but not to annoying. Headed off on Monday over to Loxton near the border to Victoria. Fuel and water filled up and some supplies on board we made our way east to the border and the entrance to the Murray Sunset National Park.

 

It was late afternoon when we arrived at the border so entering the park we travelled a few hundred meters and found a clearing off the road a bit and stopped for the night. Next morning, travelled about 14k to a spot called the shearing quarters, an old bunkhouse from the sheep station days, with a camp grounds. No one about so decided to stop. Found a tank full of water at the quarters so set up the shower and showered our heads off.

 

Set off in the morning on a small sandy 4wd track heading south along the S. A / Vic. Border on the Vic. Side. Down the track, came to a long, somewhat steep sand dune, stopped to let air out of the tyres and next minute two bikes came up behind and asked if we were okay. I said yes and they rounded us up and struggled up the dune. Tyres down and off up the dune, I think Ned the Winnafarrgo enjoyed showing us what he can do, took it in his stride.

 

Quite a lot of soft sand stretches and a few more sand dunes later we arrived at the Rock holes. The day was warming up so found a tree large enough to give some shade and camped up for the day.

More dunes and soft sand next day as we headed for the Pink Lakes, on the southern border of the park. Ned handled it all well. The days this week are steadily getting hotter, 35 and 36s so trying not to travel in the hottest part, the sand is a lot softer in the heat too.

 

Made it to Pink Lakes, dry salt lakes where the surface has a pink hue in places due to a species of red algae. They only have water in them in the wet season. Camp ground was deserted so we picked a prime spot

They used to harvest the salt here during the dry times and machinery and old stockpiles of salt remain, weathering on the shoreline.