Lorella Springs

This is just an amazing place. The road in is pretty bad, not the worst we’ve been on by far, but certainly it’s up there with them. At the homestead there’s a natural hot spring for swimming, it’s about 25⁰C, which means it’s not freezing when you 1^st get in. We’re going from 34⁰ to 25⁰ for a swim. Very civilised. Also it’s very nice in the late afternoon.

We drove 15kms to their main swimming hole, the last 3kms was the toughest 4WD road I've driven. We were in the lowest gear and crawling alone at slower than walking pace for the last 1,800m, I was certainly using all of the 8 cameras on the cruiser to make sure all the rocks with teeth were clear of the car. We were able to park right at the water hole and the water was crystal clear and cool.

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They have a Happy Hour at the bar, which means a can of VB drops from the standard $8.00 to $7.00. However it gives the tourists a chance to talk to the other tourists and also the staff as they are normally all there for this Happy Hour.

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We are being reminded that we are “out of season” and that the season is from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day (12^th May to 1^st September this year) so there’s not a lot of water around. The advantage with this time is that there are not a lot of other tourists around, so we have plenty of space to camp without it being crowded.

We fear the heat is just around the corner, but we still haven’t struck it, the days at 35⁰ are great and night time it still getting down to 15⁰ and no humidity. We know this won't last, but we are enjoying it while it’s available.

 We’re off to Towns River now, which is in the Limmen National Park. Hopefully good fishing but we don’t have any rods!

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