At least we have beer

 

Sunday 20 June 2021 – At least we have beer

An early start and we drove slowly south towards Drysdale, H&M in the lead and L&J going behind so we could keep an eye on their van and the suspension and be there to help if anything alarming happened.

The road was no better than a few days ago but we both made it one piece back to Drysdale and went in to ask about any repairs they could help with.  The answer was no as they are not qualified welders or mechanics and so there are liability issues for them in touching anyone’s van so the suggestion was to tie it all up with ratchet straps and soldier on towards the Over the Range Tyre repair place further along the Gibb.

Miranda and Jenny did loads of washing whilst the boys did a further patch up job on the Goldstream and then we all had hot showers in the mid afternoon and got good and clean. 

Our friends from South Australia with whom we had shared our campfire at Ellenbrae turned up and told us they had the tragedy of running out of beer and were off the bar as soon as it opened before they developed the shakes!  After our fairly shitty day we thought that sounded like a very good idea and so the six of us headed up to the bar and spent a very pleasant couple of hours talking and laughing.

We left when we got hungry but Greg and Lynn were determined to keep drinking until closing time!  We headed back to the vans for Miranda’s yummy steak and onion casserole which she had cooked at lunchtime and left in her ThermoPot to slow cook over the afternoon.  Very yummy.

Once again an early night as H&M want to leave early and get to Gibb River Station where there is phone reception and they can start ordering parts and seeing about getting repairs done in Broome.