Unfortunately it was too wet and boggy for us to walk the last 5 kms to our final destination of Big Red this morning so we had to go in the cars.
Once we got there we climbed to the top and were so excited to finally “cross the finish line”. We got lots of photos and we got service for the first time in 3 weeks so there were lots of happy and teary calls made from on top of Big Red.
Big Red is the “finish” of the Desert terrain as such and there is a gravel road that leads into Birdsville. We did want to still walk the 5 kms we still had to do so Paddy dropped us about 7 kms from Birdsville and we walked from there.
We approached town finally at 10.10 am and we went straight to the Birdsville Bakery for some camel pies which were awesome. We were all starving as we hadn’t had any breakfast.
At 10.30 am Tracy Mac from Newcastle Live did a live cross with myself and Camel Paddy to hear about how we all were.
We then walked around to the Birdsville Pub to get a photo and have a celebratory drink together.
Then we headed to the caravan park to put our tents up for the last time. We have all become masters at putting them up very quickly.
Finally it was time for showers. Talk about the best feeling ever! Hot showers with great pressure, soap and shampoo - it was so great to finally wash ourselves and our hair.
We all then headed back to the pub to have lunch and some drinks. So much reminiscing, laughing and chatting about what we had all achieved.
We didn’t really move much from the Pub and a great afternoon and night was had by all. We will all be sorry to say goodbye to our awesome support crew tomorrow when we get on our Rex flight.
Until tomorrow,
Donna
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