Hot day again today. We are getting up so much earlier now that we are in WA. The sun is coming up between 5 am and 5.30 am and it is hard to remain in your tents for too long. It's another short day today but Gareth has misplaced his iPad and Garmin this morning. He thinks he may have left it in the kitchen overnight to charge and it isn't there anymore. So he searches all his bags but no sign of it, so I suggest he checks to see if it has been handed in at reception. Apparently it was found by the cleaner in the morning and he got a good telling off for his indiscretion.
After this was sorted we then topped up all the water receptacles and filled up with diesel. Then on the road eventually but we still managed to beat most of them to the morning tea stop. Mike and Joe were first in today and unfortunately by the time Gareth arrived he had missed out on most of the refreshments- I managed to save him some biscuits.
We took the turn off to Halls Creek after morning tea and the wind was now across them. Arrived at Dunham River Rest Area before lunch and everyone was encouraged to claim their tent sites as they were few and far between. We had been warned that the rest area filled up very quickly from 2.30 onwards- and it certainly did. It's funny how we keep running into the same campers repeatedly. The majority of these people were familiar to us from all the different stops we made.
Collis, Annie and I went searching for a wood supply for our cooking fire and after a bit of an extensive search we found enough. Most everybody went down to the river for a dip after a croc search first. We had reception here (probably from the Argyle Diamond Mine) so Lorraine did some Audax work.
Lorraine, Pat and Dallas assisted with the dishes and fire maintenance while I prepared the dinner. Tonight we had vegetarian lasagna followed by apple crumble and custard. We were serenaded with classical music through dinner by an elderly woman camping on her own with her two dogs.
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