The trucks make an easy crossing of the Warren and the men notice plenty of signs of Aboriginals making wooden implements, the ignorant pilot immediately concludes spears and boomerangs to use against the men, difficult to make an effective spear out of bean tree timber! and the numerous smoke signals don't help his peace of mind. Blakeley is unconcerned and turns the expedition south west to Mount Udor. Taylor makes short work of the mulga and charges through the thickets using the reinforced bumper as a battering ram. They stop for lunch a couple of miles east of the mount.

After lunch Blakeley and Coote climb part way up the mountain hoping to get a clearer view of the country towards Illbilla, it is a dangerous climb and Coote narrowly avoids a rock fall. They sight the Ehrenberg Ranges, a little north of west but the way through the scrub and sandhills looks difficult. Bushman Blakeley gets himself bushed returning to the vehicles, Coote fires a shot, just 300 yards from the lunch camp.

But Colson has some good news on their return, he has discovered a camel pad heading north and correctly concludes it is Bob Bucks track made when carrying supplies to the McKay expedition based at Illbilla a few months earlier. Blakeley follows the camel pad hoping it will lead to the waterhole, it does for a short way but makes too much northing.

They struggle west for another twenty miles, matting the vehicles across hills of soft silky sand, a new experience for Blakeley, they run into a cul de sac about five miles west of Mount Kutta Kutta and camp for the night.

At Mount Olga the camelmen catch up with Terry and Williams and compare notes on last nights wild weather, plans are confirmed to head almost due west for sixty miles to Mount McCulloch and depending on the fortunes of the road the team will reunite there. Following McKay's directions Terry finds excellent water and the tanks topped up.

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