Hi all,
We’ve made it just past Tom Price today! : )
We headed off mid-morning yesterday from Carnarvon, after a bit of food shopping and a last little look around. We did try and go to the growers market that was supposed to be on in the “town centre”, but nothing around looked anything like a market, so I Woolies’d it up, then we stopped off at a side-of-the-road stall on the way out of town. The trip to Nanutarra was fairly uneventful, but we did get there in time to have a good look around, and for both the boys to go for a swim in the river that runs just next to the roadhouse. It’s a pretty river, fairly low at the moment, but not dried up like most of the rivers, creeks and streams (or dry’s, as I’ve taken to calling them) we’ve driven over the last couple of days. I guess it’s a fair bit different in the wet season, huh.
So, we cooked up some dinner and bought the world’s most expensive ice creams from the roadhouse, watched a DVD then crashed. (BTW, if you’re after a good movie, Hunting Game with Richard Gere is a good’un)
Matt had the fabulous idea to get up before the sun this morning and go and take some pics of the sun coming up, and shining on the mountains. Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m not a good morning person, but I actually made it up about 20 minutes before the sun, and got some pretty cool shots of the river and mountain. I must admit, it was a pretty good idea after all, and who knows, I might even do it again! : )
We were on the road by 9 after our early morning start, which turned out to be a really good thing. We had lunch at Paraburdoo, then decided to head straight on to Tom Price to stop for the night. Only thing was when we got there, the caravan park doesn’t allow dogs anymore (thanks websites, and books we have that say they do!), so we’re camped up in a side-of-the-road parking bay, which has actually turned out beautifully. As you’ll see from the photos, the view is fantastic (we’re about 10k’s out of Karijini National Park), and we’ve met a lovely Scottish couple (Derek and Flo) from Perth that are staying here for the night ‘cause they’re having troubles with their bus. We’ve made plans to follow them (or vice versa) tomorrow since we’re both heading in the same direction.
The thing that’s really surprised us is how mountainous it is up here! There are some beautiful looking mountains around this area, as well as a heap of cattle that we keep seeing on the sides of the roads (and avoiding like the plague!). Jack’s quite curious about them all, but was crapping himself when Matt actually tried to take him up to a couple of cows today! Speaking of Jack as well, this camp is literally red, like everything around here. We now have a slightly red (instead of white) and brown dog. He’s having a ball so far!
So, onwards to Newman tomorrow!
PS. There’s photos up on the website as well. Kylie, I made sure we took some pics of both Matt and I, thanks for the suggestion. Jack had a bit of trouble taking them at first, but I think he’s getting better… : )
