Al at "Boot Camp"
Transport drum across the river
Old Mt. Augustus Station HomesteadDay 79
We awoke to a beautiful clear morning and Alan got some lovely pics of “The Rock” before we leave for Carnarvon. The fridge seems to have fixed itself thank god; we think maybe it got a bit of bulldust up its nostrils!! It’s a 500km drive back to Carnarvon today and mostly on dusty gravel roads. We decide to head to the Meekatharra road as it may be a better road but we decide to cover everything in the back of the car with a tarp just to keep some of the dust off the inside of the car. A couple of stops to break the long day. We stop at a “boot camp” along the road, a tree with all sorts of old boots and shoes tied to the branches, a novel interruption to an otherwise long road trip for some bored travellers out this way. We also cross a river (dry bed) with a 44 gallon drum and a pulley system to move things back and forth across the river when it is in flood.
We had a fabulous time out at these outback National Parks and recommend them to anyone who doesn't mind a bit of bulldust!! Well worth the trip. We arrive in Carnarvon and back to the same C.P. site we left 6 days ago. Just as well we covered the back of the car because when we opened the back door a mountain of bulldust poured out!! Lots of washing and another clean up ready to get a new windscreen and then head north tomorrow.
Hi Jan and Hugh (oops I mean Big Al) great to here from you both, at the moment on a Wednesday afternoon its pouring and very windy and more expected over the next couple of days so no Golf but what better way to spend my time and do some Blogging.Well your travels are never boring from boxing in the dunes(who won)broken windscreen Worlds biggest rock ,to climbing Mt Augusta and who could forget Boot Camp. So over on the East Coast a little slower,so here goes,Friday week went to a Sportsman's Lunch at the Coolangatta Surf Club Wally Lewis was speaker along with the customary comedian was a great day Greg bought a surfing book for $500 !! well its for charity (somebody was not happy)I arrived home in good shape Marilyn was surprised so over Dinner thought a glass of red would be nice, bad move, completely blew my cover,hard to stop old habits ha!ha! Last Saturday played Golf with Les, John and Neil had great day, John and myself lost the $20 talk about taking defeat from the jaws of victory, Anyway went to a good cause ,we all ,with the girls went out to the Kathmandu Kitchen (the curry duck to die for )it was great night and a good laugh,John and Marilyn are off to the States and Canada in about 3 weeks ,anyway thats some of the goings on over here ,Wintersun starts in a fortnight how quick is the year going,Cheers Steve and Marilyn.
ReplyDeleteHi Guys how did you like the Jukebox email? The weather over here bloody awful The West is closed till Tuesday and the river not much better anyway apart from that all is well, Dave O has called in with 6pack to watch the Titans play Manly in about 5 minutes witch should be good seeing that Marilyn and her Mother are Manly fans it could get ugly later so it,s go the Mighty Titans better go be in touch soon ,Cheers Steve and Marilyn.
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