Wednesday...14 September 2011

So yesterday we left Point Samson and detoured to Karratha to sign some papers, then it was out on the road again. We travelled via Nanutarra to Barradale where we parked up for the night in the free camp along with only 15 other vans. Usually there would be heaps but it is now the end of the season and only a  few stragglers are left to return to base down south or make the mad dash up over the top back to Qld before it becomes way too hot up north to make travel bearable!
While we were there Himself went for a walk, as he often does and discovered a truckie broken down at the entrance to our free camp area. It was a Mack truck! This is important as Himself would not put himself out for just any old truck........lol  This one had a lovely yellow (CAT) engine in it so was worthy of inspection by our Hero of the North West. He checked it out then came back to camp to ask me where I kept the assortment of corks I have accumulated from much dedicated wine drinking along the way. With two champagne corks in hand he went back and fixed the broken truck and astounded the driver/owner. The truckie suggested that Himself would make a good mechanic, leaving Himself laughing as he explained he already was a diesel truck catapillar mechanic.  He fixed it with one cork and gave the owner the other as a spare!!!! Now that is roadside service........
Today we left Barradale and travelled south to Carnarvon. Along the way we had to slow down for an entire family of emus to cross the road. Mum, Dad and five chicks. Cute really.
We also saw a bloke pushing a barrow northward. One way to get fit I suppose. Usually we pass at least one young asian male push bike rider. Today we passed a bike rider but he was greyer than either of us and looked Australian..
The other thing we noticed today was the proliferation of wildflowers along the road. Lots of Sturts Desert Pea and native grevillias and some lovely pink ground cover type flowers. Also heaps of white clumps of a grass type flower.
We are in the Wintersun caravan park in Carnarvon and are thinking of staying at least a week. We will see how things go tonite and tomorrow and make a decision then. To the right of us we have a blue heeler, to the left of us we have a rotty! Today was 28 and tomorrow is gonna be 29. It is supposed to drop to around 9 overnight so sleeping should be no problem. If all is as expected we will stay longer.