Saturday, 22 June 2013

Honeymoon Bay, Kunannurra to Derby

Once again we headed off to face 600kms on mostly dirt without a spare. The gods were on our side & after a 11 hour trip, 10 hours on corrugations we made it back to our 5 star mansion "The Lotus". Once Tone heads or home he is like an old horse. Despite initial plans to stay half way the lure of a real bed one out.
We stopped at Drysdale Station, hoping for a tyre but the best we could do was fill our stomachs with an $18.00 hamburger. Delicious & not a crumb was left at that price.
Not sure how many piled into this tray back that headed off in a cloud of dust.


  
Said goodby to some friends we had made at Honeymoon Bay & headed out along the Gibb again.
Di & Jim's setup was made in Hervey Bay, their bed was on the other side. Hope to catch up with them again as they are from Brisbane.




A long trip but when we hit the tar at El Questro we both whooped with delight that we were an hour from home & the corrugations & rocks were far behind us.
Travelling through the Cockburn Ranges at sunset we were rewarded with an amazing moving blockbuster of a sunset.




We spent three days cleaning up the car, washing the dust from everything & replacing the tyre before heading west towards Broome. Going through Halls Creek we ran in to Jim & Di again heading east. Bought the best meat & vegie pasties ever in Halls Creek. The bakery was owned by an Argentian, served by a Taiwanese girl in an aboriginal community town. Only in Australia!
Free camped on a "jump up" once again rewarded with a beautiful sunset.


              Moved on next day through Fitzroy Crossing & turned right to Derby for our next stop.

                                 If it wasn't for the Boabs it was a white line fever day

Love this tar road though!

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