Good Morning Port
Hedland!
Low 15°c (59°F) – High 28°c
(82°F)
A really poor sleep last night didn’t make for a great start to the day
as I had over slept and didn’t wake until after 7.00am. To make matters worse the first thing I heard
was heavy wind and with 240km to drive today – high wind is not something you
would prefer when towing a van.
We hadn’t set up anything outside due to the ground being so uneven
with stones and gravel, so there was little to pack away this morning so we
could head off. It was after 9.30am by
the time we located a rubbish bin to make a deposit and headed out the gate,
and unfortunately picked up a side wind for almost the entire journey.
Today’s destination is brought to you by Roast Lamb.
Yes I know I should explain.
When we last did grocery shopping in Broome Kitty had requested a lamb
roast. You may laugh – but it’s
true. That dog would sell its soul for
some lamb roast. Well OK we like it
too. And the use-by date was 30 June so
instead of free-camping as we had originally considered, we decided to head for
a caravan park so we could fire up the air-fryer and cook said lamb. A quick call to Karratha Caravan Park and we
were booked in for 2 nights. We decided
on 2 nights so I could get another washing day in and also bath Kitty but still
have a bit of time for sight-seeing.
As if to say farewell, Port Hedland put on a great dust display for us
as we made our way out of town. The
number of road trains going both ways this morning was almost overwhelming and
there were a couple of times where I opted to pull over in a parking bay to let
a few through – they are afterall working and we are leisurely meandering
across the state – today at a grand 80km/hr.
Passing through Roebourne Shane had photographed some interesting buildings, however from this
point on a setting on the camera had obviously been accidently bumped on and
all of the photos were slightly blurry.
The problem when you are using someone else’s camera and not entirely
familiar with the settings. As I am
driving, Shane is usually taking photos from the passenger seat with my
camera. When we are sightseeing I take
photos for the blog and Shane takes photos with his own camera which is quite
different (read much fancier!).
Some pretty highlights
on today’s travel including the contrast between the red rock of the hills and
the light green grass that was growing amongst them. We pulled into Karratha around lunch time and
were directed to a particular site. I
could scarcely believe it but we had the exact same problem as we had in Port
Hedland only this time we had to back onto a cement pad site and the bottom of
the towbar and drawbar were hitting the ground.
Several other caravaners came over to offer suggestions including
driving the car up on blocks to get it over the edge of the gutter, but call me
a trouble maker – I figure it’s up to the parks to let people know if there is
going to be an issue and also up to them when they’ve taken my money to ensure
I can get onto the site they’ve allocated or provide me with one that is
suitable.
A quick call to the
office and we were offered an alternative site and a groundsman came across and
assisted us to get positioned on the new one – 10 points to Gryffindor for that
one! (hahahaha and did you know that Word spell-check actually has Gryffindor
in it......) As soon as everything was
in place, out came the washing machine and for the next 5 or so hours anything
that looked like it had dirt on it went into the Aldi Twin Tub – well with the
exception of Shane and Kitty. Doona
Cover, Sheets, Pillow Cases, rugs on the couch, clothes for him, clothes for
her – all in the wash and thanks to the wind, most of it was dry within an hour
making rotating the loads easy enough.
The twin-tub is awesome but its slow going getting a big wash done. Mostly the time consuming part is actually filling
the machine which isn’t so much an issue of the machine as the water pressure
in the park. I know if I go and do
something else I’ll forget it and we’ll have water everywhere so you (read “I”)
have to stand over it to avoid that happening.
I had hoped to get
Kitty bathed as well, but by the time I had finished the clothes, the lamb
roast was on and her attention was elsewhere.
I might add speaking of getting attention – the airfryer outside under
the awning gained the attention of several dozen blowflies and we had to bring
it inside to finish off. You would have
thought there was a dead body out there!
Meanwhile the camp had provided entertainment for the night and while we
didn’t go over to join the crowd, being only a couple of sites away we got to
hear it from the van.
Delicious dinner
eaten, Shane enjoyed some time outside under the awning while I retreated to
the van on the arrival of a band of mosquitoes.
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