Unexpected Adventure

When it came time to leave Adels Grove we decided to avoid the main tracks and take the 'trail less travelled', directly north, plenty of creek crossings, dust and rocky roads. After a couple of hours travel we came accross a steep rocky hill, off the track to the left, that led up to some kind of monument. I thought it a good idea to try and reach the summit to check out the monument. In hindsight I should have dropped the trailer off at the bottom........but I didn't. The cruiser was climbing well, then a bit of scrabbling, then BANG......no more drive. We managed to get the car and trailer off the steepest part of the hill so I could assess the problem, and after a quick look underneath it was obvious we had exploded an inner cv joint. So out with the high lift jack and tool box and under the car on the spinifex I went. I removed the front tailshaft which allowed the centre diff, once locked, to drive just the rear wheels.
So we are on our way again with the front driveshafts rotating but not driving. A quick sat phone call and a cv joint is on its way to Katherine Toyota, eta 7 days, woohoo. All part of the adventure!!
We could have gone the direct way to Katherine, about 700k, some sealed road........but more fun was to be had on the dirt roads via Lorella Springs Station.
We travelled through the dry aboriginal community of Doomagee and over the NT border to our overnight stop at Robinson River.

some clown croc-spotting!

Next morning, with the cruisers front end making some pretty scary noises, we made for Borroloola in time for lunch and a much needed beer top up only to be met with disaster. Because Borrollola is an aboriginal community we couldn't buy beer untill 2.30pm, aaaggghh. So we pressed on to Cape Crawford and the fantastic Heartbreak Hotel in time for a late lunch and a fridge top up. In fact we liked it so much we stayed the night and enjoyed a great performance by Rod Dowsett, a country/blues singer.