7 September Port Hedland

Local Band at Barn Hill

Barn Hill Beach

Loving the Broome Speedway

Cable Beach

Luke and Ollie

Camel Riding

Farewell to the Cracknells

Dawn at Cape Leveque


Stories around the campfire at Cape Leveque

Its a very windy but sunny day here in Port Hedland. I think we are getting the taste of the windy west coast. Port Hedland is not likely to make our top 50 places to visit on the trip. Very much a mining town with mining town prices and you can't even use the beach due to crocodiles and sharks playing in the waters.

In Broome we caught up with the Stuart's again and had a fun night out at the next door speedway. As we had great viewing on one of the bends we were able to have dirt and mud showered all over us as the cars went by. The boys thought it was fantastic!
We submitted to the tourist trade and had an afternoon camel ride on cable beach. Christopher and Liam had a famous camel that starred in Australia and was a former racer. Luke's and Mandy's came from Tasmania and the Western Zoo where it was apparantely a leader, WOW...

Broome ended up being costly after we replaced the springs in the trailer and both batteries in the car (after another jump start in the morning) and we weren't particularly sad to leave but we did say our farewells to the Stuarts. From there we headed to the highly recommended Barn Hill Station on the coast. Grey Nomad paradise, but it was fun. There was a beautiful beach and on Sunday night we sat down with the rest of the campsite for a game of bowls, roast dinner accompanied by a couple of local aborigine bands who were really very good and great for a sing along. We met Lindy there, a 65 year old lady who is travelling on her own with her subaru and caravan. We were very impressed with her spirit and hope to meet up with her again.

Last night we were at De Gray's a free river campsite which was very pretty and another favorite haunt of the travelling nomads. The boys enjoyed their bikes and a couple of games of chess which they are really getting into. This morning we have arrived in Port Hedland to find that doing anything mechanical has to be booked 6 weeks in advance, so we will not be sorry to pick up Dad and leave tomorrow heading towards Karijini. As usual the boys don't mind as there is Iced Coffee's, a pool and a place to ride your bikes. Very easily pleased...