Up early to pack up on very cool morning, and on the road by 7.30am and finally exited Karijini National Park boundary around 8.50am.
New areas of Park on exit for us were very scenic. Of course we had a few flower photo shoot stops.
Approaching Newman from the north west gives us a great view of the mountain of iron ore being mined. David is getting low on fuel and limped into BP Capricorn……had just on 2 litres of fuel left in tank. Arrive at Capricorn around 11.05am, and after refuel we head off to Kumarina making good time for a lunch stop.
This highway users would be 78% – 80% for road-trains, transporting much infrastructure to the various mines off the highway. Some of the over-sized loads required us to stop and get off the highway onto the shoulder and beyond.
Pulled into the free roadside camp, with toilet facilities, around 3.00pm to set up camp. A big day covering 506klm. This is a popular spot for other caravaners, plus oversize road trains with their escort vehicles,. These have to be off the road before dark. We are w ell back from the road, but still heard the noise of the road trains. Saw a large commercial airliner flying low on approach to a large gold mine, some miles up the road, for drop off & pick=up of miners.
Barbara cooked a wonderful lamb roast for our evening meal, before the caravan battery was empty and the lights went out…..so off to bed
No comments:
Post a Comment