Day 33 – Leonora to Balladonia Long run down through Kalgoorlie, Kambalda, refueled at Norseman, then on to Balladonia. Stayed at the roadhouse CP, and met up with several couples from all over, round a campfire. Had to go into the bush to find a few decent lying-dead branches. Very pleasant evening, with the gents hunting and gathering (hamburgers from the roadhouse café), while the better-halves gained their 10,000 WPD. Shared many stories, and the TimTams. Radiator still leaking a bit out of the top hose area. Purchased a hose clamp and fitted it. Day 34 – Balladonia to Mundrabilla. Relatively easy run – fairly boring across that long stretch of straight road. Stopped at the Mundrabilla roadhouse and CP – good experience last time. It absolutely bucketed down as soon as we got the CT set up, and latecomers set up in the rain. Had dessert in the “restaurant”. Day 35 – Mundrabilla to Fowlers Bay Heard from the group at Balladonia that Fowlers Bay was a nice small out-of-the-way CP, so headed there instead of Ceduna. Got there at who knows what time (watches, clocks phones all say different times). Nice place, with very pleasant manager – rode his treadly round to show us the site, and gave a general run-down on Fowlers Bay. After a quick setup of the CT (no annex), we let the tyres down and tried some big dune driving, but almost got stuck so thought better of it, better than trying to attempt a recovery near dusk. So went in search of the Mexican Hat Rock instead. Reckon we found it, but looks nothing like a sombrero. Had a few drinks around the communal campfire, but both pretty tired, so had an early dinner. Day 36 – Fowlers Bay to Kimba Late start – damn time zones. Packed up wet, and headed to Ceduna for shopping, fuel and lunch. Then onto Kimba. Set up to dry out do some laundry, and showed another person through the CT. Bought SWMBO 3 nice bottles of red at Ceduna, hoping I got it right. Weather is crap again – windy, some rain, and getting colder by the day.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:43:11 +0000
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