Gorgeous day. Down the windy Stuart Highway I went stopping at Daly Waters for breakfast. I bumped into the two guys I met at Pine Creek who were on their way back to Mt Isa. Apparently some other bloke on a tricked up GS Adventure was trying to tag a long with them and they were trying to get away. Ha, the tricked up bloke pulled in, and boy was his bike tricked up. He had every add-on available including an onboard fire extinguisher. His getup was particularly funny though. He was wearing internal and external armour. He looked like a gladiator and he was obnoxious to boot.
I stopped at Rennie Springs for a coffee and got accosted by a very strange man. He wouldn't go away and wouldn't leave me alone. He wanted to know where I was staying the night, in fact he really freaked me out. Its the only time on this trip that I have been scared. I jumped on my bike and bolted going as fast as I could for at least 15 minutes.
After that experience I decided to stay the night at Three Ways as I didn't want to get caught and have to spend the night on the Barkly.
The Three Ways is not the Hilton, it isn't even the Peoples Palace. What a dump. My donger, which was described as a cabin, was alive with baby cane toads. I saw at least 5 and couldn't get them out of the room. In the end I went to sleep with my clothes on and my hat over my face just in case one jumped in my mouth.
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