Robinson River Crossing

Tuesday - We continued down the Savannah Way towards the Robinson river where we intend to camp the night, it's 390km from our Bullawaddy stop. The road is sealed as far as Borroloola then it's dirt again. The road alternates from single lane to 2 lanes from around the Mt Arthur zinc mine (this would be to accommodate the trucks) the scenary doesn't change much, scrub on both sides of the road.

There are only two places to stop for fuel and supplies, Cape Crawford that has the Heartbreak Hotel and caravan park and the Aboriginal township of Borroloola, I had to get gas at the local supermarket, noting the location I expected to pay at least $35 to get a 4.5kg bottle filled, it cost $19,cheaper than home. The supermarket was also the bottle shop, the hours it could sell booze was Monday to Saturday 2.30pm to 5.30pm, none on Sunday. There was an interesting notice displayed where the alcohol was sold, it read " Due to Community unrest, only 6 cans per person per day will be sold, normal trading will resume on 25th July". Luck I didn't need any as we where there at 12 and I would have needed more than 6 cans. We then hit the dirt again and it's amazing what you see on the side of the road.

We continued on, going through a number of small river crossings before getting to the Robinson river where we camped for the night, two other campers stopped as well. Tomorrow it's onto Kingfisher Camp.