Saturday 13 August 2011

WIndjana gorge

Broome - WIndjana Gorge - 450 kms approximately .

Set off about 10.00 am leaving Broome after saying good bye to the guys at the hotel.
Good drive out of Broome , lots of caravans and campers heading into Broome . It's Broome cup week this week which is the busiest week of the year so town will be chocker.
Stopped at Willare road house for a bite and filled up the Jerry cans at $1.85 per litre . 
Did not need to go into Derby this time to fill up and also missed the prison boab tree as we had seen it before but it is worth the detour to see as is the Mojumum Aboriginal art gallery that is 3kms  at the start of the GRR . 
Got to the start of the Gibb about 1.00 o'clock and drove through a burn off of the bush either of the road , quite smart to see.
Let the tyre pressure down on the car and trailers tyres  making it  easier on the corrugations and found a sharp price of metal embedded in the rear tyre .left it there to remove when we get to the campsite.
Got to Windjana about 4.00 o'clock and self registered for three nights at $22.00 per night .
Setup the camper in 30 minutes and it all went well including solar panels for the fridges.
Removed the metal from the tyre now will see if we have a slow puncture over night .
Found a good camp site with great view overlooking the range ( used to be a coral reef millions of years ago ) and watched the sun go down which looks stunning on the walls of the  gorge.
Campsite pretty busy but still lots of space so don't feel as people are on top of you .
Grilled steak and salad for dinner (eating the perishables first )with a bottle of Watershed Chardonnay  and a beer to cleanse the palette .
Early night tonight as tomorrow we want to go tunnel creek which is about 50 kms away with a few corrugations to contend with .

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