Amanda drove today. We found a
dead cow on the side of the road on the other side of the bridge where we
camped overnight. We didn’t hear any Road-Trains hit it? We passed more mines
again as we headed to Roebourne. We visited the Roebourne gaol which doubles as
the visitor’s centre. We topped fuel up at Roebourne and headed to Point Samson
for fish & chips. We passed the new jail on the way. To the west we could
see the Cape Lambert Iron Ore processing facility it’s huge. The fish &
chip shop was shut and the wind was blowing a gale. We headed to Karratha. It
has a K-Mart!! We updated the blog whilst we had Internet. Karratha is
undergoing lots of development with high-rises going up in town. On the road
out of Karratha here are lots of mines to the North of the Hwy & the
workers accommodation camps are to the South. We noticed pretty flowers on the
side of the road there were the Sturt Desert Pea & the Green Bird Flower. 10km
from the Rest area Amanda drove around a bend and a Road-Train flicked up a
rock that cracked the passenger’s side windscreen, another thing to fix. We
arrived at the Rest Area at 15:00, there were already 8 Caravans set-up. Amanda
backed the van into a nice spot upwind of the long drop. The ground is red
powder about 1 inch deep. We have a red floor & the mats outside have
changed colour.
Daily Stats: Distance: 361km, Duration: 7hrs10min,
Weather: Very favourable tail-wind, Cool Windy Night
Roebourne
Point Samson
Sturt Desert Pea
Green Bird Flower
Robe River
Roebourne
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