Beautiful sunrise this morning but as usual the camera does not do it justice. All except Juergen slept well overnight. He ended up with an upset tummy requiring many trip to the long drop throughout the night. He feels his tummy needs to acclimatise to the heat, water and supplements he is taking. It seems to be better this morning.
Morning tea was at 50 kms on the side of the road. When I was passing gareth a large steer munching on some grass at the side of the road, looked at him and jumped as if he was going to charge him but thought better of it. After we had gone past he wandered casually across the road. More wallabies out today with one jumping out in front of the car.
Lunch was at a parking bay around 85 kms. This was a nice spot. It is still windy and gusty with varying wind direction or should I say road directions. The cloud cover is persisting but it is starting to warm up. By afternoon teatime it is 30 degrees. Annie caught up with us at the lunch stop, had morning tea and has now gone ahead to Sandfire Flat to book in the van; she’s not sure what her plans are for this afternoon.
Afternoon tea stop was on the side of the road at 120 kms. The flies are sticky, the terrain a bit boring and I am getting sleepy. We passed over some salt flats which provided a change of scenery for a little while.
Sandfire Flat still has an air of neglect but I just get the feeling that they are trying to clean it up slowly. Small areas have been improved since last time we passed through. Strangely though the rte was an abandoned car in the camping area- just under the mango trees. We ran into the older couple who we caught in Broome- these two are cycling through every state plus climbing the highest peak in each state. In WA the peak is Mt Meharry, near or in Karijinni NP.
Most of us had a combination of roadhouse take away with food out of our boxes for dinner.
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