30 Jan - Overlander Roadhouse

On Wednesday morning, at 7:30 am, we were packed and ready to leave (although bypassing Dad B’s perth office to drop off about 20kg worth of winter clothes - we’re heading north), so we put our budget wise hats on and went grocery shopping. Topped up our supplies and began the next chapter of our journey."Back on the road with a new Tropical resistant tent"

We drove past the “Pinnacles” which reminded me of the aussie troops driving through the afghan desert. Wed night we stayed in our ‘brand new home’ north of Leeman- pretty cold and windy, quick grab the winter clothes….. Oh well.

Thursday we drove through Geraldton and filled up with diesel, posted some things and headed up to Kalbarri for the night.
In the morning we toured the Kalbarri national park and visited the long and windy Murchison gorge. Which is pretty much all there is to do in the national park, not even allowed to camp there!! Grrrr!! So we kept driving, aiming to reach shark bay for an afternoon snorkel and fish, however water decided to make a dangerous pool over the road….

…. So instead we went searching for Hamelin pool, which on the way found out we’re not allowed to swim in because of some world heritage list 100 gazillion year old stromatolites. So we headed back to the apparently flooded in overlander roadhouse. It is here where we are listening to Australia getting smashed in the cricket and enjoying the cool temperature that the setting sun leaves in its wake.
Tomorrow, shall the aftermath of cyclonic weather pattern and the flooded Gascoyne river soak into the underground water tables, we will head to Shark bay and Carnarvon. Hope you’re all coping with the 40+ weather over east. Over and out