Day 12 – 14 Aug

We were kinda glad to get out of the house at Oodnadatta this morning as we're all convinced
that something has died in the water tank. Needless to say there was no drinking or bathing
happening here (fortunately we don't have to visit any schools today)! Anyway, alls good
in the wilderness and its just another experience. Did not see much wildlife on the track
today just the odd kestrel and a few cows. About 70 km into the trip we heard a huge bang
and discovered the rear window of the Landcruiser had shattered. We must have caught a
rock from one of the 'Bush Bash' cars that sped past us in the other direction. It was time
again for Bren to play bush mechanic and two rolls of duct tape later we were ready to role.
We stopped at a place called Agebuckina bridge which was part of the old Ghan that used
to run parrallel to the Oodnadatta track. A wreck of Fred's old FB holden is still there
where Fred tried to cross the tracks when the creek was flooded and didn't make it very far
before being cleaned up by a train. We arrived at William Creak, a small 'town' with a pub
and caravan park. We set the swags up under the roof of the BBQ area and headed over to the
pub for dinner. We met a couple of young blokes up from Roxby Downs for the weekend (miners)
and luckily for use one of them could sing and play the guitar and we were treated to a
private show (Think Jack Black of the bush). Tomorrow we continue on the Oodnadatta track
out to Marree.