Another windy night, and still windy today, but sunny and warm. The place was jam-packed last night, but by 9am, the place was half empty, with lots of people departing, so we could actually see the place - it's quite big, with a great playground, jumping pillow, tennis court, volleyball court, basketball ring and big pool, so Dad, Renee & Eamon enjoyed a swim after yummy bacon and eggs for breakfast. The shopping arcade's across the road, so we wandered o...

Well, not such a good day today - lots of things went wrong, starting with Dad's mobile number being suddenly disconnected. We packed up as normal, checked out, got petrol in Exmouth, a few things for lunch, and visited Whaler's again for nice coffees and fresh orange juices. We were on the road to Coral Bay around 11.30am - it was only 150km so we weren't in any hurry. About 80km down the road, we all noticed a shocking smell coming from the car, so we pu...

Still a little breezy this morning, but it dropped off during the day, and it got quite hot - certainly over 30 degrees. We dropped into the shops for a coffee and juice, etc. At the local IGA, we noticed something interesting at the checkout - most shops have lollies to entice one, but not here - they have dried 'pigs ears' for sale at $2.50 each. Mum was going to try one, but asked the butcher about it first - turns out they are dogs treats, not for humans ...

Renee & Eamon came running in this morning to announce that it was RAINING. We have not seen any rain since we left Sydney some 80 days ago, and have been missing it. So the car and the van got a sprinkle of water for about 15 mins, not even enough for the ground to get wet, and it was all over - so sad! The car's had a rattle on the front right for a week or so now, so Dad went and got it checked out. Seems that the work we got done in Broome didn't qu...

Woke up to a beautiful sunny day - still have not seen any rain since we left 80 days ago!! Pottered around and eventually left with all our swimming/snorkelling/fishing gear to Cape Range National Park. We took a quick look at Town Beach, where the new marina area can be viewed, and then drove over to the west side (and we saw 2 emus walking along the roadside), first stop the Tantabiddi Boat Ramp - the water was really choppy, which was confirmed by the Rang...