Bluey’s timetable was out of kilter because of his period without food and the anaesthetic. He woke me at 5am for an urgent toilet outing. Anita said we should have a cup of tea but was back asleep when I returned with Blue. I at least saw a Town Beach sunrise but wasn’t going back outside with my camera.
At a more reasonable hour I walked to the cafe for coffees and was entertained by two guys throwing a rock attached to a length of rope up into a palm tree. They succeeded in knocking down a couple of coconuts.
We had toast in the van with our coffees before packing up. Blue and Tilly were in the shade outside but she kept tangling him up with her lead.
There were sections of active roadwork along the 400kms drive to Fitzroy Crossing. A couple of times we were stopped due to one way traffic flow.
Our first refuelling stop was Willare Roadhouse where we could see smoke from bushfires. The WA emergency website had listed these fires yesterday, but there were no road closures. We crossed four or five rivers on single lane bridges in the area. There was a lot less traffic on this drive than the other side of Broome.
The fires appeared to be hazard reduction and presented no risk to traffic. A flock of raptors were chasing flying insects or small birds escaping the fire.
This boab tree appears to be two or three trees. At this rest stop there was red dirt, a road train, the boab trees and termite mounds that look like the Pinnacles. I prefer the bright red termite mounds.
The land is generally flat in this area, with many floodplains, but we passed this flat top rocky outcrop.
We are camped at the dusty Fitzroy Lodge caravan park. Dinner at the Lodge was a bit of a circus. We both ordered ribeye steak, but were later told this was not available. We changed our orders to lamb curry and chicken supreme, but chicken curry was served and the “supreme” was missing from the other dish. My creme brulee was delicious.
Other diners from an AAPT bus tour were shocked by the poor quality of their glamping accommodation.
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