After the cruiser ute was picked up and we loaded Neil's bike into the trailer we set off, Tom going warp 9 after we crossed the border and Neil trundling along feeling faint at watching the fuel gauges on the cruiser go down minute by minute. The new V8 certainly chews the juice with a trailer on, and the shock of going from filling the bike (15l every 300km or so) to the ute (180l every 6-700km) was rude.
The ride / drive across the Barkly is.... exciting. Or not. Very big country, very flat, very burnt at this time of year. We got to three ways and Tom had discovered the effective Vmax of his tyres, warp 9 is apparently not good for the wear on his front, you could almost see it wearing away from one stop to the next.
We turned North at Three Ways and headed to Bootu Ck, a new manganese mine owned by OM. On the road in we dodged a few feral donkeys, then ended up at camp where Rob from ESS had arranged everything for us, BBQ, beds, beer. Not in that order.
Bootu Ck Social Club Gave Us $500
The social club outdid themselves, and contributed $500, with a further $146.50 being raised by donations. Many thanks to Jodie Prime for making that happen. Turns out Neil used to work for the site GM Mark Laing as well, so plenty of time was spent catching up whilst watching the NQ Cowboys.
Rob adds some manganese to the mix while showing us how to smelt steel on a Bunnings BBQ
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