The Simpson Desert and Beyond (and Before)

DAY 28 (14/5): 8:30am signalled the start to our Simpson Desert Tag-along Tour. After the heavy rains from the west and the draining of heavy rains from the north down into Eyre Creek our itinerary has changed, but we will be having 6 nights in the Simpson Desert unless things don't go according to plan (and with us on the trip that may well happen).  This is our little group. We drew the short straw today and were "Charlie", the last vehicle of the convoy.  This meant I had to learn quickly how to use the uhf radio and echo whatever instructions/information our tour leader was relaying to everyone. Pity our radio wasn't working properly - lucky someone had a hand-held one we could borrow.  I did work out later what was the problem with our radio (microphone gain was too high) and fixed it, much to our relief. The other negative about the role of Charlie is the amount of dust you need to swallow if you are to remain in touch with the group.  It wasn't too bad real...