Have you ever seen a sadder face????
That looks much better. Gives the Pajero a more rugged look!!Day 76
We wake early and go to see the sunrise at one of the gorges but unfortunately we have the first overcast morning for quite a while, we luckily get a couple of nice pics before the cloud moves in. A quick brekkie before we do the summit walk which is about 45 mins return and gives spectacular views of the surrounding area and our camp far below. Gordon is cleaning up around the camp when we return and we find out that he and wife are a couple of CALM Volunteer of which there are 8000 in W.A., Vic and S.A. They have been here 6 weeks and just go wherever and whenever they want to where there is a vacancy. Suppose it’s a nice way to meet people and see all the parks when you are retired and they just have to keep the camp area neat and tidy and give information on the park to visitors. We leave here heading for Mt. Augustus Nat. Park on a very dusty road. Now the blog is getting a bit boring at this stage and we decide to hot it up a bit so about 100kms from Mt. Augustus we hear and almighty bang and look back to see our back windscreen shattered with a large hole. We knew it was a possibility but Al hoped the bicycle cover may have stopped the stones from shooting up from the camper. After trying the beer carton repair (they don’t make the cardboard as sturdy or as big as they used to) we opted for a tarp taped with silver tape. We press on to Mt. Augustus a bit noisier so we just turn the iPod volume up a bit, finally arriving about 4pm after 5 hours driving and not seeing another vehicle. It is a lovely oasis with a large grassy campground and only 3 other campers. The lovely friendly aboriginal girl who checked us in kindly got the windscreen repairers from Carnarvon on the phone and after Alan chatting to them we arranged to get a new one ordered but we will have to wait till Monday to get it fixed.....back in Carnarvon! We hadn’t planned on going back to Carnarvon....or staying here till Sunday but we can do probably all of the walks here and it is such a nice camp spot. We have been lucky to be in nice places when we have had our little mishaps on the road up to date. As we set up camp we also notice a lot of dust has leaked into all the kitchen cupboards so I decide this is a good time to Spring clean!! A couple of beers in the rustic station bar and all our days worries are pushed to the back of our minds.
We wake early and go to see the sunrise at one of the gorges but unfortunately we have the first overcast morning for quite a while, we luckily get a couple of nice pics before the cloud moves in. A quick brekkie before we do the summit walk which is about 45 mins return and gives spectacular views of the surrounding area and our camp far below. Gordon is cleaning up around the camp when we return and we find out that he and wife are a couple of CALM Volunteer of which there are 8000 in W.A., Vic and S.A. They have been here 6 weeks and just go wherever and whenever they want to where there is a vacancy. Suppose it’s a nice way to meet people and see all the parks when you are retired and they just have to keep the camp area neat and tidy and give information on the park to visitors. We leave here heading for Mt. Augustus Nat. Park on a very dusty road. Now the blog is getting a bit boring at this stage and we decide to hot it up a bit so about 100kms from Mt. Augustus we hear and almighty bang and look back to see our back windscreen shattered with a large hole. We knew it was a possibility but Al hoped the bicycle cover may have stopped the stones from shooting up from the camper. After trying the beer carton repair (they don’t make the cardboard as sturdy or as big as they used to) we opted for a tarp taped with silver tape. We press on to Mt. Augustus a bit noisier so we just turn the iPod volume up a bit, finally arriving about 4pm after 5 hours driving and not seeing another vehicle. It is a lovely oasis with a large grassy campground and only 3 other campers. The lovely friendly aboriginal girl who checked us in kindly got the windscreen repairers from Carnarvon on the phone and after Alan chatting to them we arranged to get a new one ordered but we will have to wait till Monday to get it fixed.....back in Carnarvon! We hadn’t planned on going back to Carnarvon....or staying here till Sunday but we can do probably all of the walks here and it is such a nice camp spot. We have been lucky to be in nice places when we have had our little mishaps on the road up to date. As we set up camp we also notice a lot of dust has leaked into all the kitchen cupboards so I decide this is a good time to Spring clean!! A couple of beers in the rustic station bar and all our days worries are pushed to the back of our minds.
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