Up early and off to the laundry to get the clothes in the machine before breakfast.
Back to camp to throw down breakfast before heading back to the laundry to hang out the clothes in an hopefully get them mostly dry before we have to hit the road.
Back to camp and start to pack up whilst James is on the phone to the airbag man trying to sort out the problem with the air bag suspension and get a replacement sent out to arrive in Broome next week.
Just about all packed up all we need to do is fold up the camper and I take Rena to the toilets and on our way back who is pulling in to the campspot behind us, but the family that was camped next to us at Edith Falls. Maddison, Sarah and her mum Donna and Dad.
Rena was over the moon as was Maddison, who spotted Rena before they pulled up. Rena played with Maddison whilst I caught up with Donna on their visit to Kakadu and told her about our travels. Donna and I compared our list of things to do on our trek down the WA coastline and we will more than likely run in to each other again somewhere.
Sadly Rena hopped in the car, bad timing, and we headed down to the jetty to have a look at the Centenary Pavilion and the signs down there. The take away kiosk right at the jetty sells everything from Barra to Crocodile burgers. I can see why it was so popular last night when we walked past it.
We then headed down to the Old Prison Tree and Water Trough before heading back to the Gibb River Road enroute to Windjana Gorge.
We arrived and set up camp under the shade of a nice tree that would provide nice afternoon shade. It also provided us with front row seats to the sunset views of Windjana Gorge.
After we had lunch James pulled out the thermal blanket and did some running repairs on it as it is really warming up now we certainly need it. This red dust gets in everywhere and the duct tape isnt holding up to well under these conditions.
Will be nice to have the thermal blanket back on top of the camper and cool things down a bit inside, but also keep the cold night air off the top of the camper too as it is still quite cool at night in places.
Familiar faces are turning up at camp, some we have seen along the Gibb River Road. Amazing how many people are traveling in the same direction as us.
The people camped next to us at Bell Gorge arrived today too.
As of today we have now done 17,679 klm since leaving home in February.
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