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Last night the calm weather ended when the wind strengthened with gusts up to 50kph. The Bushtracker was rocking and rolling as the gusts hit the side of the van. The wind continued until mid afternoon, turning the mangrove into a surf beach. We went to town in search of breakfast, and settled on theContinue reading “Breezy Broome”

(24 August) The wind continued today raising dust while we packed up outside. We took Blue to farewell our friends over coffees. I carried him over the few grassy areas, and took a chair for him to sit in to keep him off the ground to reduce the risk of ticks. We had to leaveContinue reading “Barn Hill to Broome”

I was woken by the awning moving in the wind, so quickly got out of bed and put it down. The wind continued all day raising dust. We hid in the air conditioned van doing some cleaning and maintenance jobs. Anita didn’t want to swim so I took Bluey for a run on the beachContinue reading “Windy at Barn Hill”

This morning (22 August) we could move to a powered site so I went to the office to find out which site we had been allocated. I then walked to the site and found it was empty so we did a quick pack up and moved before the temperature became unpleasantly warm for outside settingContinue reading “Barn Hill Station”

The camping area at Pardoo Station is about 5kms from the tidal creek and beach. We didn’t venture down there because an unpleasant dog encounter caused us to leave the park, even though we had paid for two nights. Blue was taking me to find the motorhome when a red kelpie ran up to himContinue reading “Pardoo Station to Barn Hill Station”

Our first stop after leaving Point Samson was Wickham to buy the Saturday papers and coffee. Of course the Saturday papers do not arrive up in these parts until Sunday! Wickham was established in 1970 for mine workers, with a shopping centre, extensive sports fields, and other community facilities. There is also a large AboriginalContinue reading “Point Samson to Pardoo Station”

The cattle did not trample through the rest stop last night, but the wind and road trains disturbed Anita. In the cool of the morning I fiddled with the connections to see if both indicators were working, but only one was good when we left the rest stop. The scenery continues to be dramatic, butContinue reading “Robe River to Point Samson”

We were ready to leave Carnarvon when we discovered our Bushtracker indicators were not working. I fiddled with them but we decided we could manage without them as we make few turns. At the end of the day I had the RH indicator working, but not the left. We may need an auto electrician inContinue reading “Carnarvon to Robe River Rest Stop”

The rain and wind were gone for the day, so it was washing day. Once that was hung out we drove to 6701 Waterfront Cafe for takeaway coffees. This small outlet overlooking the water probably makes the best coffee in Carnarvon, but is not comparable to Melbourne coffee as claimed in some reviews. Four ofContinue reading “Around Carnarvon”

Tilly was busy during the night, checking all windows for invaders. She was still sleeping this morning cuddling one of my socks. The wind eased but there was light rain on and off all day. We had breakfast out but both the food and coffees were pretty ordinary. While Anita was in the shops IContinue reading “Raining in Carnarvon”