Following the long orange stripe from Cameron Corner  north today. Rows and rows of crests and dips with gorgeous vistas from the top of every crest. Impossible to capture the essence of the huge landscapes  in photos.

After 2.5 hrs with no sign of other humans we stopped for lunch – made our wraps in the middle of nowhere then drove on the further 100ish km to the Bourke & Wills Dig tree.

The dig tree is a coolabah tree on the banks of Coopers Creek. Bourke and Wills and the other members of their expedition reportedly used Coopers Creek as a base and the dig  tree (a gnarled old coolabah) as a communication tool  ‘planting’ (aka burying) ,expedition record books and food supplies around the tree and carving messages on the tree regarding key dates and locations of the  buried items. Fascinating detail on information boards.  At the point of the dig tree the creek forms quite large waterholes (billabong) – so strange to see so much water  after driving through 300k of desert . 

We were intending to travel on to Innaminka , but it was so beautiful here that we decided to free-camp by the creek.