TUESDAY 11 JUNE 2019
The thing with being out in the middle of nowhere is that
sound travels a long way so that what seemed to be helicopters buzzing around
the camp all night was actually just the sound of trucks way out on the
highway. The sound intensified at dawn
and we had had enough sleep by then anyway so we had a leisurely start to the
day with coffee and reading in bed. It
was much too chilly to leap out bed anyway!
Packed up and on the road by 8.20 am and then just pootled up the road
to Port Hedland only stopping to swap drivers and for a mid morning snack. We met up with Larry’s workmate Shae and her
son Ethan at Dome Port Hedland for lunch which is a nice spot right on the
headland overlooking the water. Amazing
to see the long line of ships on the horizon waiting to come in to be loaded with
iron ore. Larry worked his usual magic on
Ethan and soon had him won over – he really is quite wonderful with kids and
animals so we had a lovely lunch and Shae enjoying catching up with all the
office goss as she and her husband have relocated to PH from Newman only
recently and she is missing her crew.
We gave Shae and Ethan a quick tour of what Ryan’s son calls
the ‘big cubby’ and then said our goodbyes and drove on to DeGrey river
campsite. Last time we drove from Port
Hedland to De Grey it was dark and there seemed to be a cow on the side of the
road around every corner so of course this time there wasn’t a cow to be
seen. There were already quite a few
vans parked up when we got there but our plans of getting a spot down near the
river were thwarted as there has been a biohazard issue with a weed getting out
of control so now it is all fenced off with no entry signs and so we are parked
up on the camping area road and you wouldn’t even know there is a river nearby
except for the bird life around. Oh, and
judging by the cow pats, some animal visitors also.
Larry did some running repairs on the toilet cassette(silicon
on the join) and tightened a screw on the awning that has already worked loose
and Jen got the blog up to date and now we are just sitting enjoying the
serenity.
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