Between here and there.....

After three days in Wyndham we were up early ready to leave by 7am....we must have felt the need to move on.  Went through Halls Creek and onto Mary Pool (free camp) near the Mary River about 118 klms out of town.  Lovely spot but a bit rough on the causeway going in.  

Didn't count them but there must have been move than 50 vehicles...combination of caravans, motorhomes, whiz bangs (camper vans) and a couple of Harley's with trailers.  It is supposed to be an overnight stop but I would suggest that people stay there a lot longer, much like the billabong at  Camooweal.  The guy next to us was a painter....of ships, had a gallery (free entry mind you) in his annex and paintings for sale.  

There were toilets and a dump point.  The bins were overflowing though and instead of taking their rubbish with them people had just left it on the ground next to the bins so it was a bit of a mess.  

Not many flies and no mozzies.  Had a lovely meal which Deb cooked.  I proposed a toast to the fact that we had been travelling together on the road for four weeks and that we have a straight, safe road, good food and wine, excellent company and make some fond memories together.   All concurred and toasted the sentiment.  For good measure, Deb spoiled us with desert. 

We were all up early again the next day and ready to head off again.  John was in the lead and as he pulled out he noticed on his 'tyre dog'  (tyre monitoring system) that his rear passenger tyre was low.  On inspecting it he found it had been punctured by some metal object so Nick and John had to change the tyre and which John had repaired at the next town... Fitzroy crossing.

Stopped at 'The Boab' rest stop for lunch....the tree was huge, bigger than the one at Wyndham and you could climb right in it.  We didn't, but John did and we took his photo standing inside the Boab and he took one of us on the outside.  As I said previously, the Boab is hollow.  You might have heard of the Prison Boab which is up at Derby. 

The Boab rest stop

John inside the Boab 

Nick and Gail from the outside looking at John

  

Pulled into Nillibabbica rest stop at about 3 pm for an overnight stop.  We need to get to these places earlier because they fill up quickly.  We did get spot big enough to top and tail though in the middle of the rest stop. More vans came in after us so we were glad we got the spot we did. The soil was soft red dirt and it got in everywhere.  Had to leave our sandals outside and go barefoot in the Shack so that we reduced the amount of red dirt getting in. 

The next day, we overnighted at the Sandfire Roadhouse.    It had turkeys, geese, a camel and an albino  peacock....have never seen one of those before. 

Set up at Sandfire Roadhouse and more red dirt.....

Well....are you going to fed me or what?

Pretty white Peacock.

Next stop....Port Headland.