July 2021

July 14th-23rd Day 85-94 Ellendale Lake is located between Derby and Fitzroy Crossing along Highway 1 in Western Australia. This is a great free camp made possible by the very generous station owners opening their gates to visitors. Very tranquil while camping beside the lake hearing nothing but the sounds of birds. Very friendly local …

July 7th-13th Day 77-84 18th parallel Arrived in Broome (Home of the Yawuru people)after a 140klm drive. The pop of Broome is 16k, but in peak season (Jun-Aug) swells to 45k, due mainly to The Grey Nomads, it is also school holidays in WA so extra busy. We were aware of this long before we …

June 30th- July 6th Day 70-76 Some sad news to report, yesterday (29th), 2 x Quad Road Trains collided head-on, this was the road we traveled on early in the day. One would have been fully loaded, the other returning empty, one of the drivers was killed. The Ironclad Hotel is a well known building …