We left Capricornia on the 20th August and headed for Meekatharra. Another small mining town on the Great Northern Highway. It was an interesting little place. We were able to look at some disused mines and more gorges. The town was really quiet being a sunday. Also some of the population had gone walkabout to visit family over on the coast. We got to talk with alot of the locals who were very friendly. Went to one of the 3 Pubs in town for tea. Thought the plac...

Another decent drive today. Saw either road trains or grey nomads. Lots of changing landscape. More and more beautiful wildflowers. Also got to stop for road works. It was interesting to watch the men at work as we travelled past them. Also gave Carey the chance to educate me about road work machinery. Will I remember the names and jobs preformed by each piece of machinery. Probably not. I was impressed at how considerate the trucks were of each other an...

So today we travelled just over 600 km from Broome to Port Hedland. Found the landscape alot more interesting going west than I did going east. We both saw different things to our first trip together on this piece of highway. Carey had travelled it previously in the truck. We saw alot more wild flowers this time. Was also interesting to see how at some points levees had been created on one side of the highway to keep the water off the highway and direct it ...

So after another long drive we reached Broome a town hidden behind bushes. The airport appears to be right in the middle and everything is around it. It is on a small peninsula with some beautiful beaches and rock faces. We found our accommodation for the next 4 nights. A bungalow bigger than my home surrounded by palm trees. You wouldn't know we are only a 6 minute walk from Cable Beach. When you walk out to the front of the complex all you see is bush. I...

We travelled 366km today to reach eighty mile beach. It was a long road with lots of caravans travelling both ways going to the different places along the route. The first part of our trip was from Karratha to Port hedland a mere 240.8km. There is one actual place to stop a pub accommodation called Whim Creek. Interesting little setup near a mine. Port hedland is another mining/port town. It is an elongated town along the coast. Not as clean or as well set...