Day 1 Monday 18 April 2011
We left Narrogin and headed to Perth to pick up some equipment for the satellite television antenna. On leaving Perth we headed toward Kalgoorlie via Northam, Goomalling and Cardoux we arrived at Mollerin in time to camp on the old hall site next to the wheat bin. The Tin Dog in the photo was designed by the primary school kids as an entry statement to Mollerin in 2004. Tomorrow we will be travelling through Mukinbudin.
Day 2 Tuesday 19 April 2011
Today we travelled to Kambalda, where we are spending the night via Mukinbudin, Bullfinch and Kalgoorlie. Of to Norsman in the morning. Petrol is cheaper in Kalgoolie than Narrogin.
Day 3 Wednesday 20th April 2011
Tonight we have camped in a (free) 24 hour camping bay about halfway between Balladonia and Caiguna. Tomorrow we toward for Ceduna in SA. . The great Australian Bight has some great views as the photos show.
Friday 22nd April 2011
We camped in a Penong caravan park with a lot of other grey nomads We should reach Ceduna in the morning.
Saturday 23rd April 2011
Passed through Ceduna today and are heading for Port Lincoln and then on to Port Augusta. The coast hear between Smoky Bay and Streaky Bay is really worth seeing. No internet out here.
Sunday 24th April 2011
Just about made it to Whyalla today will be there in the morning and are then heading to Port Augusta. Pam wants to go to the Yorke Peninsula which is right down the bottom of SA. I have posted some photos and will post more when I have edited about 50. Internet not available in the bush but will post when I can.
Monday 25th April 2011
This morning we passed through Whyalla and Port Augusta and drove through the mountain pass near Mt Remarkable in the Spencer Range over the to the little hamlet of Melrose in the hills. Melrose is a touristy town full of middle aged hippies selling beads and funny cloths. We have parked around the Melrose footy oval with a lot of holidaying families it only costs $15 per night. Tomorrow of toward the Yorke Peninsula.
Tuesday 26th April 2011
Travelled through down twisty path in the Spencer Range to Port Pirie and on to the Yorke Peninsula. We followed the coast all the way and have camped in a free layover in Maitland in the Central Yorke Peninsula. Tomorrow down to the extreme point and then going to Berri.
Wednesday 27th April 2011Left Maitland this morning and travelled down to the lower part of the Yorke Peninsula and up the other side through Edithburgh and Balaklava to a free parking spot where the town of Mason used to be. There is a lot of history here and a lot of derelict 1800 houses. The number of wind farms around the Peninsula is amazing the windmills are in groups of at least 50. Yesterday we passed one wind farm that stretched for 15klms along the top of a range.
Thursday 28th April 2011
Passed through Burra on our way to the camping grounds at the Burra Gorge this morning. The gorge is not big by WA standards but has a small creek running through it and high hills surrounding it. Tomorrow we head to Renmark.
Friday 29th April 2011
The weather has been comfortable so far but this afternoon as we moved into Victoria it started to warm up. Most of today we spent driving through the Lower Riverland district SA e.g. Port Morgan on the Murray river a very pretty place with a car ferry and dozens of house boats. Berri has changed a lot since we came through there is a winery that big it would make Goundrys look like a back yard effort. Renmark has really grown also. The big orange is still there but has closed down, I don't think the girls would remember having orange juice there in 1970 LOL. Of to Mildura Vic tomorrow.
Saturday 30th April 2011
Slept on the side of the road our first night in Victoria and went to Mildura where Pam had a bit of a shopping fix. To night we will stay I Ouyen a little railway town. Of to Charlton tomorrow.
Sunday 1st May 2011
Arrived in Charlton just after lunch and registered with Blaze Aid to volunteer to help fix the local farmers fences. Blaze Aid have taken over the footy ground and clubrooms we get free food and parking. Pam is helping out in the mess kitchen while I work outside.
Monday 2nd May 2011
Went to work at a property the had been flooded and the grass had been washed up onto the fences and pushed them over.
Tuesday 3rd May 2011
Still working with Blaze Aid probably not much happening till we get back on the road again.
Wednesday 4th May 2011
Still working with Blaze Aid probably not much happening till we get back on the road again.
Thursday 5th May 2011
Still working with Blaze Aid probably not much happening till we get back on the road again.
Friday 6th May 2011
Still working with Blaze Aid probably not much happening till we get back on the road again.
Saturday 7th May 2011
Had a break from work today so we drove up to Bendigo, went shopping (again) had lunch and looked at the beautiful old buildings. Bendigo is a mad house full of people with kids and cars. Charlton was hit badly by the floods causing a lot of damage to buildings. The insurance companies shit on the policy holders so they put up signs around the town (see photos).
Sunday 8th May 2011
Day of today helped Pam do the cleaning and relaxed. Went to the cricket hotel for tea hospitality of Blaze Aid.
Monday 9th May 2011
Back at work today leave tomorrow to be on the road again.
Tuesday 10th May 2011
Drove up to Lake Boga where there is a museum with a Catalina flying boat on show. During the war the flying boats used to be serviced there. I can remember them on the Swan river when the yanks were based in Perth during the war. There are some wreaks to be seen at low tide in Broome that were shot down by the Japs. We visited Swan Hill an old steam boat port on the Murray river (Vic) not a bad spot for a holiday. We then headed to Nyah and are parked up in Loins rest area (free) behind the trotting track, trots on tonight.
Wednesday 11th May 2011
Left Nyah this morning and headed up to Tooleybuc that is a border town on the NSW side of the Murray river then up to Hay had lunch travelled to Goolgowi where we camped in another free caravan stop. Bloody cold and drizzling.
Thursday 12th May 2011
Drove through Parks NSW and stopped and had a gander at the McFeeters motor museum & wine cellars, did not buy any wine. Camped tonight about 10K from Dubbo in a free camp spot near the Talbragar river. Might head for Lightning Ridge tomorrow.
Friday 13th May 2011
Left the Talbragar river camp this morning and leaded for Lightning Ridge but stopped at the Walgett Apex park for the night. Head for Lightning Ridge tomorrow.
Saturday 14th May 2011
Travelled to Lightning Ridge this morning, I did not feel comfortable there so we decided not to stay, a bit of a grotty town. The place is famous for its black opal. We visited the John Murray art gallery the paintings are incredible, he has a thing for the outback, frogs and emus. Stayed at the free caravan park in Collarenfbri a nice and clean place.
Sunday 15th May 2011
Headed for Moree this morning, a lot of cotton farms along the way. The cotton is harvested and compacted (in the field) into bales as big as a B train trailer to be transported to the cotton gin. Tonight camped at the Swan Brook bridge near Gleninnes, of to Tenterfield in the morning.
Monday 16th May 2011
Arrived in Tenterfield to find the Blaze Aid work had finished and the camp closed. Drove around a bit and camped in Dalveen a small town in QLD. We will head toward Toowoomba tomorrow to visit Anne and check out the flood damage.
Tuesday 17th May 2011
Nearly in Toowoomba about 13K away in a free layover in Drayton will stay the night and head of in the morning. Quiz what is the difference between a gravel road and a sealed road in NSW?
Wednesday 18th May 2011
A gravel road is dusty.
Arrived in Toowoomba this morning at Anne & Johns place but could not get the caravan up their driveway so I booked into a caravan park. When Anne arrived home we had coffee and a good gossip, John had gone to Darwin. Anne took us out for tea at the golf club (no gambling on the pokies) the meal was great. Met the boys. Shopping tomorrow LOL.
Thursday 19th May 2011
Packed the van up and went to Anne's place and went shopping, did not cost me much and we had a good coffee. Anne took us to lunch about 100k away where her and Pam swooned over quilting stuff. We went to Grantham to offer our services fencing but the farmers did not have money or materials to rebuild the fences. I was informed that the QLD government are planning to rebuild the town on higher ground and add 250 extra building blocks. This has upset some people. Global Care which is a Christian mob are helping the locals as much as they can. I think (from my observations) that the VIC government is doing a lot more that the QLD government. The locals told me that they think that the QLD premier talks more that doing. Due to the weather, is was raining cats and dogs we stayed at the Esk caravan park for the night. Yes Esk is the name of a town.
Friday 20th May 2011
No rain this morning so we moved on and headed for the coast. We came across a nice parking bay while on our way (east of Kilcoy) so we parked up and read a book for the rest of the day.
Saturday 21st May 2011
Travelled along the Sunshine Coast this morning, what a prick of a place to find a parking spot all the verges are taken up with coffee shops. This afternoon we drove to Gympie and parked-up in a free stopover. The temperature was 25c when we arrived it is now raining at tea time.
Sunday 22nd May 2011
Pissing down rain this morning. Met another couple who have been on the road for 4 years and it turns out that they know Roy and Jane Watkins from my radio days. Roy has had a stroke and is in hospital, Jane apparently is suffering from Parkinsons. Found a Macers in Gympie had a coffee fix before driving to Tiaro and settling down for the day.
Monday 23rd May 2011
Hung around Tiaro and read a book. We had a coffee at the local Cafe and it was the worst one I had had.
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Rained like hell last night and made the van park so muddy that Pam was worried that we might be stuck in Qld. This morning we drove through Marybourgh to Hervey Bay (pronounced Harvey Bay). The coast up here is all muddy and the sand is brown. There is a big drain pipe leaching on to the beach. Tonight we are parked near the Apple Tree Creak in Childers.
Wednesday 25th May 2011
We had hardly any sleep last night bloody trucks kept waking us up. Why do parking bays and caravan parks have to be built on a main highway? Drove to Bundaberg had a quick look at the rum brewery, they wanted to charge us $25 each to see how it works, what a laugh needless to say we left. Bargara was the next stop just in time for lunch at the beach. Bargara has a nice coffee strip and a clean beach and places to park. Tonight we are staying at the overnighter at Sharon Gorge.
Thursday 26th May 2011
Sharon Gorge was affected by the floods so it has been closed to hikers. We went out to the coast to 17 70 a nice little tourist town on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, of course we all know the a bloke named Cook landed there in 1770. Parked up tonight at the Boyne river about 20K south of Gladstone.
Friday 27th May 2011
Today we found a great spot alongside the Calliote river between Gladstone and Rockhampton , so did about 100 other oldies. Mother wants to stay 4 days before we venture into Gracemere.
Saturday 28th May 2011
Drove up to Julies this morning. Plan to stay for a few days and the head up to Longreach for a look. We will return to spend some more time with her and her birthday party before continuing on our way.
Monday 6th June 2011
We spent the last week at Julies just vegetating and looking around Rockhampton. This morning headed out for Blackwater. On the way we spotted a beaut free caravan parking bay in Dauringa north west from Gracemere, I will keep it in mind. While travelling we noticed the Great Diving Range on our left and a road (Wafer Road) leading into the Central Highlands so we followed it. After some 14k we started to climb (the road was very steep, twisty and narrow) the ranges. Unfortunately we could not turn around so we had to keep going until we reached the top which is just to the left of the rocky outcrop seen in the photos. the view was fantastic. Lord knows how high we were but I have not driven up such as slope. At the top is a lookout where I was able to turn around. The trip down was a bit hairy with the Kluger in 2nb gear and the caravan's brakes on full. A great experience. Pam was not impressed by the big drop on her side of the road. The photos show the Blackdown Tablelands from the top of the range. Tonight we are staying at the Bedford Weir about 25k from Blackwater.
Wednesday 8th June 2011
Yesterday we went up to Sapphire and camped for the night and it was stinking hot. If you are keen you can buy a mining permit and scavenge for sapphires, if you cant be bothered you can buy a bucket of dirt and find what you can in it. There are some real characters in this town. Today when we left the service station was surrounded by cows that had wandered out of the bush into town. The town of Ruby is a short distance away so we headed up there and had slow down for the camels crossing the road. On our way back we had to follow a horse that was walking down the middle of the highway, what a place no Macers of course. Tomorrow we head for Longreach. Raining now at the Barcaldine camp site.
Thursday 9 June 2011
Arrived at the free camping site on the Thomson river in Longreach this morning, not raining but overcast. The site holds about 100 caravans. We fronted up at the Stockman's Hall of Fame this morning and bought 2 tickets for $70 that entitled us to wander through the museum and see the live show, also included was lunch at the Stockman's Bar and Grill. The early Australian history in the museum is worth seeing even Pam was interested. The QUANTAS exhibition is a rip-of for what it costs I would expect a ride in the plane.
Friday 10th June 2011
The weather in Longreach is getting cold and damp and it is going to rain for sure. We went to the show at the Stockman's hall of fame today and had a great steak burger for lunch as part of the package deal. The horseman was smart and had his stock horses doing a lot of tricks, he also had a bullock team showing their stuff.
Saturday 11th June 2011
Left Longreach this morning and headed for Ilfracombe and Isisford. Ilfracombe has a museum of heritage tractors, trucks and old machinery that stretches about a mile along the main street, some real old guns, about 1000 of the are also on display. Arrived at Isisford about lunch time and parked down by the Barcoo river. The council charge $2 a day and $2 for a shower at the park.
Sunday 12th June
This morning we drove to Blackall and camped at the camping park alongside the Kargoolnah bridge over the Barcoo river. The Barcoo river twists in all directions for miles.
Monday 13th June 2011
Went to leave this morning and discovered that we had a puncture in the right hand front tyre. This made a good start to the day. Camped tonight in Barcaldine again.
Tuesday 14th June 2011
Arrived back in Jericho and camped in the camping area alongside the Jericho creek. Off to Emerald tomorrow to by a new tyre.
Wednesday 15th June 2011
We got into Emerald this morning had the puncture fixed. We tried to find Macers, when we finally found the place we could not park we then parked under the traffic bridge and set up for the (very noisy) night.
Thursday 16th June 2011
Left for Duaringa to camp for the day and night. Off to Gracemere in the morning.
Friday 17th June 2011
Arrived at Julies this morning but she was at work. I rang a TV tech and he put me right with the problem with the satellite TV.
Tuesday 21st June 2011
Still at Julies until next Monday, then of again. We have been checking out Rockhampton, quite a big place with lots of shops and 3 Mcas. On Saturday we went to the concert put on by Tammy's school, it was a musical and the kids were great, as good as any I have seen. The big bull at the entrance to Rockhampton was under water during the floods and the surrounding him devastated.
Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Went up Mt Archer this morning it was a bit misty but the views were extraordinary, unfortunately the trees lining the road obscure the photos a bit. As can be seen Rockhampton is quite a large place. Houses are built on the top of the hill. Gracemere is between the power station in the distance and Rocky.
When we finished looking around the Mt we drove to Yeppoon about 40K from Rocky. Yeppoon is a pretty place the water is a tropical blue but the sand in a grey colour not white. The fish and chips were delicious. Yeppoon is the home of the Peter Brock race car museum, worth a look contains nearly all of his racing cars. Keppel Bay is not as good as Yeppoon, a bit muddy.
Thursday 23rd June 2011
Visited the railway museum this morning, very interesting. We are having a few days of until Monday.
Monday 27th June 2001
Left Julie's this morning and headed up north. We decided to stop for the night at St Lawrence on the St Lawrence river about 5k of the main road between Rockhampton and Mackay (at the show grounds, free of course) Just got set up and it rained so all then people camped on the low ground panicked and moved to the high ground.
Tuesday 28th June 2011
Rained all night and caused a lot of slippery mud. This morning we got up early and left before the gravel road was dug up. Arrived in Mackay just before lunch but unfortunately the rain was so heavy we could not see much from the vantage points and the sea was very choppy. I could not get over the rotting houses in and around Mackay even the asbestos sheeting was affected by the high humidity. On the way to Proserpine I spotted a neat little caravan park at Calen on the St Helens river. The owner is continuously washing down the walls of the near new cabins with a steam spray to keep the mould of. We are spending the night there.
Wednesday 29th June 2011
Moved on to Proserpine and Airlie Beach this morning for a look, nice coffee at Mcas. The weather was not bad but very windy and very commercial places, don't know if I would pay to go there. We drove around some of the beaches, the water looks nice but the beaches are not a pinch on Perth. Stopping at Guthalungra tonight.
Thursday 30th June 2011
Drove to High Hill this morning and camped at the racing track. The Council provides showers and toilets for travellers.
Friday 1st July 2011
Travelled up to Townsville today, quite a big place lots of hotels. The main beach has had a lot of development done and is very people friendly. As can been seen there are lots of walkways and kids play things. The large hill in the background is to high to tow the van to the top. The story goes that during the war the yanks offered to knock it down and use the stone to make a causeway to Magnetic Island. Moved on after lunch. To the Blue Water Creek camping area.
Saturday 2nd July
Moved up to the camping area at Rollingstone this morning because some dope smoking hillbillys camped next to us. It was packed anyway.
Sunday 3rd July
The Rollingstone van park was a nice place along side the river but is only supposed to be short stay but it was full of long weak-enders.
Monday 4th July
Edged our way north and stayed at Kennedy for the night.
Tuesday 5th July
The trip to Tully took us through some of the towns that had been struck by the cyclones. A lot of the damage was still evident and repairs have not been started. Some people have not been able to clean up their properties because they had no one to help them. We arrived in Tully late morning.
Wednesday 6th July 2011
The accommodation in Tully is not as flash as it was in Charlton Victoria Started work for Blaze Aid this morning. The work is hard here there are lots of trees on the ground that have to be cut up and moved.
Thursday 7th July 2011
Still working for Blaze Aid I had a confrontation with the boss over the shit food and he went of the deep end, he dialled up Kevin (the big chief) and told me to complain to him. When I spoke to Kevin he could not believe what was being served up.
Friday 8th July 2011
The camp boss knocked on the door this morning and apologised for the way he behaved last night and said things would change. Tonight pork chops and veg were served up, better than stew again.
Saturday 9th July
Holiday today so we drove up to the Tully Gorge and the Hydro power station. The gorge is a pretty place with lost of fast running water. If you are brave you can white water raft down the river for about 20k.
Sunday 10th July 2011
Back at work today chain sawing and cleaning up after the cyclones. Last day tomorrow.
Monday 11th July 2011
Finished work to day, thank goodness the old back has had enough.
Tuesday 12th July 2011
Left Tully this morning and headed for Mission Beach, magnificent scenery along the beach. We then drove through Silkwood and up to Paronella Park at Mena Creek. The old castle, the Hydro electrics scheme and bridges etc. were built years ago by a Spanish fellow Jos'e Paronella in 1930 for his promised wife who was still in Spain. When he had finished he sent for his promised but she was married so he married her sister. Innisfail was the next stop so we camped for the night.
Wednesday 13th July 2011
Drove through the Atherton hills to Tolga where we camped and had a lazy day.
Thursday 14th July 2011
Headed for Frank and Sherry's farm in Herberton where I had to draw up their house renovations.
Friday 15th July 2011
Worked on the plans and finished them.
Saturday 16th July 2011
Left Frank's place and drove to the Mt Uncle distillery and bought mother a bottle of organic mulberry liquor, potent brew. Parked at the Rifle Creek rest area just outside Mt Molloy.
Sunday 17th July 2011
Drove toward Cooktown this morning the hills are very high and steep here. We decided that we would leave Cooktown until tomorrow so we parked up at the Lakeland caravan park. Lakeland is 81k from Cooktown and at the junction of the Cooktown road and the road that goes to Cape York. The Cape York road is purported to be the roughest public road in Australia most people leave their vans at Lakeland and camp out. You have to be simple in the head to go up there. They get to the cape, take a photo and come back vowing not to go up their again. The washing had mounted up so we spent the rest of the morning doing the washing.
Monday 18th July 2011
Back to Mount Molloy for a rest today and tomorrow before heading to Mossman, Port Douglas and Cairns.
Tuesday 19th July 2011
Went for a walk into Mount Molloy town today for milk but no luck.
Wednesday 20th July 2011
Started our trip home this morning after visiting Mossman, Port Douglas and Cairns. Mossman was just a sugar town but had some nice scenery. Port Douglas was nicely set out but was very commercial. Cairns was bigger than we thought with to many cars going fast and seem to be doing what they like. After we left Cairns we drove over the Lamb ranges. The road was about 35k long and twists left and right and is very steep it rises about 1.1k just like the Alps in Europe. The drive took nearly 50 minutes but was worth it the scenery was unreal or in the latest speak wicked as can been seen in the photos. Unfortunately there are no stopping points for caravans so Pam just kept snapping and I edited the photos later when we arrived at the Rifle Creek stopover near Atherton.
Thursday 21st July 2011
Left the fantastic Atherton Table Lands this morning heading for the Northern Territory. We called in to see the Millstream Falls this morning, they are said to be the widest water falls in Australia. Pam could not walk down the steep path but I went down and took some photos. Why go over seas when we have all this in our backyards. The only downfall is the shocking roads in Qld. Apparently the floods washed out the roads on the top of the hills LOL. Camped at the Archer Creek camping ground to night. Millstream Falls in the Atherton Tablelands (the widest falls in Australia) Qld 1&5
Friday 22nd July 2011
Archer Creek with running water,was a pretty place and a very popular place to camp. Booked into the Greenvale caravan park for the night so that we could have a shower (after 5 Days) and do the washing. Head for Charters Towers tomorrow.
Saturday 23 July 2011
Did not make Charters Towers stopped at Fletcher Creek for the rest of the day.
Sunday 24th July 2011
Drove through Charters Towers this morning stopped to have a look at the markets in the park. The town is smaller than I imagined, the Mcas is to small and low staffed. I did not wait on the long cue for service but left and went without. We then drove to the Campaspe River camp-site.
GUS TRAVELLING WEST
Monday 25th July 2011Started heading west this morning toward Mt Isa. Camped at the Marathon camp-site for tonight.
Tuesday 26th July 2011
Today we will camp at the Julia Creek camping spot. The country around here has changed from hills and ranges to wide open flat planes. We are starting to meet a lot of WA travellers now who have travelled across the top from the west.
Wednesday 27th 2011
Heading up to Cloncurry this morning. Not much of a place no coffee shops open and the cafes don’t open until this afternoon. We got back on the road again and headed for Mt Isa. The country side is very hilly and rugged between Cloncurry and Mt Isa. Fountain Springs looked like a good place to camp so we pulled over and will head into Mt Isa in the morning.
Thursday 28th July
Mt Isa is quite large with a lot of shops and small factories a mine and of course a Mcas. The landscape is very rugged and hilly, the main road has been cut into the hills to keep it flat or not so steep. We did our shopping and left for our next stop at an old WW11 site at Yelvertoft about 50K NW of Mt Isa.
Friday 29th July 2011
The last town we visited in Qld was Camooweal which in then olden days was a cattle town, but today I think that the tourists keep it alive. The Northern Territory border is just outside Camooweal. The country here is reasonably flat. We camped at Avon Station for the night as we only travel until lunch time up here.
Saturday 30th July 2011
Moved on to the 41 mile bore for the night.
Sunday 31st July 2011
Visited Tennant Creek (an eye opener) this morning, what a town, there is rubbish everywhere in the streets. Plastic bags filled with kitchen rubbish and dirty nappies are strewn every were in the large storm water drain that runs through the town. I have seen a lot of towns in my travels but this one beats the lot. The people where I live thing they have a problem. Nearly all the buildings are protected by bars on the windows & doors except for some of the government houses for the privileged population, even the government ones. Just about every government department supplying services to the privileged is in the town. We camped at the Attack Creek site for tonight.
Monday 1st August 2001
Headed in the direction of Katherine this morning but don't think we will make it today. We ended up parking about 140k from Katherine at Warlock Rest and will arrive there in the morning.
Tuesday 2nd August 2001 Mathison Rest Area
Drove through Mataranka this morning, not a bad looking place. It is said that Jeanie Mataranka wrote We of the Never Never while she lived on the Elsey station. The statues in the photos are really life like. Arrived in Katherine just before smoko and did a grocery shop, of course Macers was on the list. I don't think much of Katherine everybody is in a big hurry, we left as soon as possible and proceeded to the Mathison Rest area.
Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Today we passed through the Gregory National Park, what excellent scenery around the mighty Fitzroy river the hills and escarpment are truly fantastic. We are not far from Kununurra and will arrive there in the morning after visiting Lake Argyle. Camped at the Saddle Creek rest area.
Thursday 4th August 2011
Entered WA this morning and drove out to Lake Argyle, the scenery was great but we could not go where we wanted, it is all different now than when we were last here in the 80s. Kununurra is a large place now, it used to be a small town but no more. Camped tonight at Leycester Rest Crossing on the Ord River
Friday 5th August 2011
Went through Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing today and camper at Ellendale this afternoon we will go to Derby in the morning.
Saturday 6th August 2011
Derby is still a grubby place and is locked down at night, I don’t think that we will be going there again. Broome has changed a lot since we were there last in is to commercial now. China town is nothing like it was. Unfortunately some twit cleaned up the old buildings and spoilt it. The main shopping centre is all crammed up like Subi and you get claustrophobic looking at it. We moved on to the camping area on the Fortesque Plains area about 25k south of the Broome turn off.
Sunday 7th August 2011
Drove out to 80 mile beach but it was to hot for Pam. While I filled up with water I ran into Norm Hilder who was staying there. I didn’t get to speak to Lyn because we had to get going. On the way out we blew a tyre on the van which really made the day (the gravel road was pretty rough) Camped at the De-grey river for the night.
Monday 8th August
The tyre place in Port Hedland was able to supply a new tyre. After a look around and doing a bit of shopping we headed for the Chichester Range and the camp at the Albert Tognolini look out. The wild-flowers were out in force and the landscape was just as good as any where else that we have been. Head for Newman in the morning.
Tuesday 9th August 2011
Arrived in Newman and had a look around, not a very caravan friendly town hard to find parking. The liquor shop would not sell me a cask of wine unless I was taking it to a station so I told them that I was LOL. Parked tonight at the Gascoyne Rivers stopover on the Great Northern Highway.
Wednesday 10th August 2011
Meekatharra has not changed much although some of the Homeswest houses have been demolished and replaced. We refilled the water tanks and had a good shower before moving on. Down the track we ran into some people that we had met before who said that they were going to Lake Nallan (20k north from Cue) so we decided to follow them. This lake has not been full for years but after the floods it is over flowing. The wild-flowers are every where and I have to edit about 50 photos tomorrow.
Thursday 11th August 2011
Still at the Lake Nallan 20k north of Cue we are going to stay today and probably move tomorrow.
Friday 12th August 2011
Went through Cue, Mt magnet and Meekatharra, this morning the wild flowers are really putting on a good display.
Saturday 13th August 2011
Went to Dalwallinu for morning tea and had a look around that drove up to Meckering for the night.
Sunday 14th August 2001
Headed for home hoping to arrive about lunch time.
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