MONDAY 15 JULY 2019
Larry was keen to make an early start so the van was pretty
much packed up when we awoke including, to Jenny’s horror, the coffee machine! So it was cups of tea in the travel mug and
Belvista breakfast biscuits in the car and we were on our way by 7.30am.
We drove through Port Hedland, only stopping for fuel and
turned onto the road heading to Newman where we swapped drivers and then Jenny
did the next 2 hours down to what used to be called Auski road house (can’t
remember the new name) which is on the turnoff to Karijini NP. We stopped for a very quick lunch (Jenny has
discovered on this trip that Larry can’t go past a roadhouse dim sim) and back
in the car with Jenny still chewing her last mouthful. Our original plan was to stop at Mt Robinson
rest stop again but as we got there about 2pm we decided there was no point
sitting there twiddling our thumbs all afternoon and pushed on for Newman instead.
We refuelled in Newman but Larry couldn’t bear to be there
when he didn’t have to be so back on the road and headed as far south as we
could whilst there was still daylight.
The sun was just setting as we reached a free camp spot on the Gascoyne
River so we had enough light to find a spot right on the (dry) river’s edge and
to pop the top and get dinner organised.
The climate has definitely changed today and there was a
distinct chill in the air the moment the sun had set and we soon had to dig out
trackies from the back of our cupboards.
A pleasant dinner of leftover pasta parcels and pesto sauce whilst we
listened to the road trains thunder past back on the main road.
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