Day 59 – Yulara to Docker River and return

The day began before 5 when our roommates got up and eventually left (after a few return visits, just to make sure we hadn’t gone back to sleep). By 6:30 it was too light to stay in so I got up and showered and dressed – Lynn began to do the washing – and then we had breakfast. Just before 9 all the washing was out and we were ready to go so I got the co-ordinates from emails that Spotty left for the accident. I put those into the SatNav and off we went. The first order of business was to purchase three-day passes to Uluru, so we bought those and then headed off towards the Olgas. Along the way a vehicle just pulled out in front of me from the dune-viewing area for the Olgas and then proceeded to remain on the wrong side of the road for a few minutes. Just before the Olgas (if you’ve been there, you’ll know what I mean) we turned off to the west to scout out where SUZI met her demise. Acting on the co-ordinates, I stopped on the side of the road (the SatNav said I should go about 13 metres south), recognised the three trees I stared at for three hours and then saw pieces of SUZI. I collected a few and took some pictures with the same background as those which Nick took at the scene for me. After a little sob moment we headed further down the road and ended up in Docker River for an early lunch. I spoke to two WA policemen who were in there (from Warakuna) about the accident and gave them a card. On the way back we stopped to take some photos (what a surprise), called in to Lasseter’s Cave and I picked up an abandoned registration plate on the road (I wonder if someone found my 1G 2HO on the road between Tobermorey and Jervois?). We were back in Yulara before 4 and Lynn got the washing in, I unwound and then wrote up my blog and transferred the pictures. We had a light tea and were then to bed by about 9, after taking the shuttle bus over to Town Square to buy ice creams. The girls came in later but this time used torches rather than the lights and (to me at least) were a lot quieter.