I was surprised by how much bitumen there was heading out of Boulia. By the time we got to the border we had been across our fair share of gravel.

We were going to camp at Pinnacle Rise Campsite but as it was early and the road had been pretty good we decided to push on. Could have been a mistake as the road deteriorated and was pretty bad to our overnight stop at Marshal River, near Jervios Station.

At our stop we discovered we had a gas leak. Traced it to the connection to the hot water system. The copper pipe had cracked at the flared fitting 🙁

Even after checking out the gas leak, I still managed to find time to practice taking star trail photos.

Even though it was Friday we managed to get to Alice Springs early enough to make a phone call and find a gas fitter who would redo the connection on a Friday afternoon 🙂