Sunday 15th July 2012 - Oodnadatta - Dalhousie Springs

After a brief stop at the famous 'Pink Roadhouse' we drove on up to Dalhousie Springs on the edge of the Simpson Desert. It was a slow drive as the road was rocky - Gibber rocks (so says Ed). It took awhile to get there going around 40km/hr.

Some old ruins at old Dalhousie

Once we set up camp and some school work was done we went for an amazing warm swim in the spring. It was beautiful and warm and it was full of those little fish that nibble your feet. It was lovely - the hard part was getting out into the cold evening!

The kids and I enjoying the thermal spring at Dalhousie

The cold morning mist over the thermal spring

Luckily Ed had enough wood that we had a small fire to get us warm before we had another freezing night in the desert. Ed's cold that he had had for a week is not getting better with this cold air!
Thank god for thermals!