Blakeley and mates finally get away from Stirling Station and wrestle a muddy track to Alice Springs, Freddy Colson decides this little jaunt up north is going to cost Rieff two beers. 

At camp 36 the Terry party away early with the last tin of salmon for breakfast with a pleasant change to the weather and the boiling troubles are temporarily over for the trusty old Morris, but they just make headway through the slush and mud from the rains and there's more threatening, probably wont have enough petrol to get to Erldunda. Have their seventh puncture for the trip, the stake had to be drilled out. Arrive Murraturra 9.30. Arrive Pulcurra at 1.30 and fill up with four drums of excellent water and travel the next 17 miles to Goyder Springs in 50 minutes. Some matting and the engine coughs twice on the last sandhill but they roll into the station at 5.00 p.m. Mrs. Staines waiting. Syd’s out mustering on the Palmer River.

Albrecht has a rest day at Illbilla, the water is starting to have the expected effect on his insides, he learns much from the Aboriginals about the antics of Lasseter and Johns, especially their frequent target practise on empty fuel drums.