What an absolutely beautiful piece of Australia to wake up to. The last couple of days has been so awesome, Mitchell Falls, and now Honeymoon Bay. WOW!!!
We took our time packing up this morning and headed back to Kalumburu. We did a side track and called in to the other campground before heading back in to Kalumburu.
We called in to the mission store and I got some duct tape ($10) (to fix the thermal blanket) and a fresh (frozen) loaf of bread ($4.50). The lady that served me was a volunteer and had been there for 5 months and was really looking forward to her daughter coming and picking her up next month. As she said when she volunteered she didnt realise it was so remote. But she was glad that she had done her dues and given something back to society.
Back down the Kalumburu track. This is a road to be experienced, in some spots it is like a goat track and other spots it well... what it is. But what is at the end of the road, makes the journey all worth while. The road there and the scenery in spots is pretty good too if you stop and look.
We called in to the rest area at the King Edward River (Mitchell Falls Rd) turnoff and had a bite to eat. James had a look at a tyre that was left there, dont think that they could repair that one. "Its a bit stuffed mate"
The grader had just graded the road just past the turnoff so it made the driving a bit easier for James (well where the grader had been at least).
We called in to the Miners Pool campground as James was keen to test the key he found at King Edward River campground to see if it fitted in the screen door that we left at the Miners Pool campground.
We pulled up next to the door and as Murphy's law would have it there was no lock in it. If there had of been he may have been able to test it :D
That done we headed back out on to the Gibb River Road and the small drive to Drysdale River Station and paid our dues for the night before heading over to the campground to set up camp.
We ran into a group of people that we had been bumping in to since our first night at the King Edward River campground. A ground of 8 cars mostly from Perth.
We set up camp and I headed over to the showers and waited in line, once I had my shower I headed over to the laundry, unfortunately there is only 2 washing machines, so I waited in line again, and ran into some of the ladies from the Perth group.
We got talking about our different travels and well since they are from WA I asked them about what they consider to be their must do places down the WA coastline. They gave me a few place names to visit and we very helpful. One of the ladies said she would write them down for me and drop over and give it to me later :)
Well after the wait for a machine I got the washing on and James cooked dinner in between my walks back and forth to the washing machine and clothes line. Hanging clothes out in the dark is fun, but hopefully they will dry overnight. No sheets washed this time. :(
Once the washing was done and dinner eaten we decided to head indoors as it got a bit chilly tonight. I must be getting soft in my old age, feeling the cold nights up here.
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