Day 44 - Top Springs

Had a great night in Top Springs.  After a hot shower and hairwash we felt a whole lot better.  The roadhouse which is the only building at Top Springs becomes a pub at 6.30 so after a pub meal and a couple of drinks we relaxed.  It also happened to be the 3rd State of Origin match so we watched that in the bar with a bunch of roadtrain drivers.  As soon as the game finished, they all hopped into their vehicles and sped into the night - amazing.  Some of them have 4 trailers behind them.  We have had to make some major decisions about the rest of our trip as we are now 500kms north of where we want to be and there is more rain on the way.  We really haven't got time to get to Alice Springs and Uluru, and the Plenty Highway which runs from Alice to Boulia in Qld has also had a lot of rain so it is doubtful that we would get through there, so would have to come all the way north again to go home through Mt Isa.  We'll head as far south as Tennant Creek so that we can get supplies and then 26kms back up to Threeways and across to Mt Isa and home the way we came, with a few detours.  Will go to Lawn Hill National Park before we get to Mt  Isa as we were sorry we missed that on the way up.  All a bit of a shame, but one must be flexible.  We will make that a separate holiday in the future when hopefully it is not raining and not as cold as it has been down there.  Before we left Top Springs, we spent 2 hours getting the worst of the mud off the car and the trailer, but unfortunately it has set pretty hard.  At least now we can see out of the back windows.