BROOME TIME 3rd, 4th August 2013 Friday: The Cable Beach Caravan Park was crowded with all sorts of happy campers; 450 campsites here. All the sites are under nice shady trees, and we had been given a site nice and close to amenities. Our first exploration was to the town Museum, very interesting with lots of history about pearling in the old days; what a dangerous occupation it was to be a pearl shell diver in the early 1900s. when plastic was invented, ...

Orlena's Progress: 30 July 2013 Our dear little Orlena has been going through a difficult time lately. We had left Perth thinking her skull replacement operation had gone well, only to find a few weeks later that a cyst had developed on her brain, as a complication. Back into Princess Margaret Hospital for a cyst draining to be done, only to find she had a respiratory infection, so an isolation room was organised for a few days till she was well enough for surge...

Broome or Bust, with new tyres - 31st July 2013 Well, all my plans as to where I would hide the bodies of the workers at Beaurepairs were wasted as the tyres arrived as planned. Well the plan B after the first guy forgot to order them and the nice Kiwi girl said I could kill her if they didn't arrive on Wednesday. I think she was as relieved as I was. It was funny to watch a massive Maori guy changing the 12 inch tyres on the trailer. The only thing now stopp...

A Long Stay in Port Hedland Mon, Tues, 28-29 July This morning Dave toddled off on his bike with the sleek grey trailer behind, eager to get the new trailer tyres fitted, as planned last Thursday. But soon he was back at camp saying "Not Happy! Grrr!" The big helpful Maori guy who had "ordered" the tyres had forgotten to put the order through! So we have to stay in Port Hedland 3 more days, waiting for the order to be done properly. The young woman serving Da...

Marvellous Marble Bar - 27th & 28th July Since we were to be stuck in Port Hedland for 5 days I hatched a plan to show my Trishy the beautiful Jasper at Marble Bar. Being limited to the bitumen it is a 200km trip out then 200km return trip, to visit Marble Bar. To pack up from Port Hedland and go and set up camp at Marble Bar would then mean that on leaving we would have a 750km ride to Broome or an uninspiring and expensive overnighter at the Sandfire Road...