21st August We left Fitzroy Crossing today to drive to the free camp called Mary's Pool. Ross and I were spending some time playing Scrabble when a campervan pulled up right next to us and blew its horn. It was Ross's mate, Paddy from Port Hedland, whom we had visited while we were there. He and his brother in law had travelled from 3am to late afternoon to travel the 1200 kms from Port Hedland to here. He was pretty surprised to see Ross's car and decided t...

Sunday 19th August We left Carnarvon and headed for Point Samson which meant staying at various free camps along the way. We can't get over how much caravan parks have increased their prices the price to stay at the caravan park at Point Samson was $49 per night, The winds were very strong for most of the time. We thought we might treat ourselves to fish and chips on our first night $25 for three small pieces of fish and some chips (we only dined there once)....

3rd August to 9th August We have been travelling along the Great Northern Highway. It is a terrific highway with many passing lanes. It is actually the same highway all the way to the Northern Territory border. It just changes its name every now and again for some reason or other. It is the wildflower season and no other state in Australia has such vast displays of wildflowers as WA. Today, Wednesday 8th August, has been especially beautiful with literally carpe...

Monday 30th July We left Yerecoin today after stopping at the general store to pay the required donation of $15 which was well worth the facilities provided. Continuing our trek towards the west coast we drove 151km to a town called Coorow and thought we might stop and have coffee and buy a sandwich or pie for a change. No shop in sight that sold food other than a small general store. Ross spied some flags outside a hall so we went for a look. The CWA had dec...

27th July Ross and I visited the ruins of what was left of a Military Hospital in Merriden the town we have just spent two days at. As unbelievable as it may seem, at the height of World War ll an army hospital was based not near the fighting but at the base of a granite outcrop in WA's Wheatbelt. Water was one of the reasons, but the other reason was it would have been too far enemy planes to reach without refueling. You can drive or walk around the site to ...