Day 17. A quiet day in Onslow, with a drive out to Old Onslow first settled in 1883 as a port town for transporting wool bales from the stations along the Ashburton River, the oldest being the Forrest family’s Minderoo Station. In 1925 the old town was abandoned due to floods and sand bars blocking the river. In WW1 camel trains carried copper and lead to the port for England and Singapore. Pearling was also an important industry. The new Onslow was settled on nearby Beadon Bay. We could see the giant BHP and Wheatstone gas plants and offshore pipelines and mountains of white salt produced by Onslow Salt from the local salt pans. After lunch we checked out the beaches and likely fishing spots at 4 Mile for tomorrow. No surf, just a long brownish sand beach with lots of white shells. Dinner tonight again at the Beadon Hotel, fish night and singer Seth Lowe who took more time to set his gear up than performing his blues/country/rock songs. Warm and sunny but windy today 28 degrees. We have heard about the chilly weather in Canberra and snow!