Wednesday 24 August 2011

Mt Hart

WIndjana to Mt Hart - 200kms 
Set off about 9.00 am after packing the camper, the rest of the campsite was pretty empty by then as most had gone on to Derby or Broome by the sound  of it.
Drove over Lenard river and through the opening in the rocks called Queen Victorias Head which is meant to look like a profile of her.
GRR quite corrugated in parts and drove past the grader on the way.
Saw two 4Wds changing tyres in certain rough parts ( its not a matter of if but when ) and at some times  we were down to 40kms an hour as it was pretty rough.
Heard a funny dragging noise to find we had lost one of our tow attachments to the camper , used a padlock to improvise.
Turned off the GRR at the turn off for the 50 kms detour to get here . Pretty rough in some places with 37 creek crossings to get through but during the dry season only about 7 had water to drive through. Heard another noise find the corrugations had dislodged the power outlet between the car and trailer.
Saw 2 other cars on the journey in.
Arrived and found the campsite chocker with another 4 tents here .
We picked a good spot with heaps of shade right beside the river and about 10 mins walk from the homestead.
Pretty quiet here with stunning scenery and we worked it out it must be about 3000 kms from Perth the state capital.
Went up to the homestead to find a mud map of the gorges and walks for tomorrow while having a quick beer and finding out they have some Internet.
Did some clothes hand washing with Debs and seemed quite easy , made me wonder why we need a washing machine at all. Food for thought .
Night time now and it's pretty cold with lots of noise from the cattle and bugs . Usually the stars are amazing this far out.
Looking to spend 3 nights here to do some of the gorges and walks.

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