Swag night number 3 for this trip and for a non-camper I am doing ok! Another mild night and we could leave the canvas rolled back and watch the moon-lit night sky. A lovely colourful sunrise this morning and we watched it through the gauze of the swag. Karen put us to shame though, and was out exploring as the sun came up. This shot she took shows both our setups on the ledge. After brekky we started our pack…
We were up and going very early this morning with a list of things to achieve before heading back north to catch up with Karen and Kieran. We were very successful, with a new generator purchased as well as a solar blanket to boost the van solar when the weather isn’t fully sunny. We packed quickly and left the van in Broome ready for another swag night. Once we hit the turn off we were glad we only had the car with…
We were pretty organised this morning and were out of Middle Lagoon by 830. Even with the rain we got on Thursday night we were very impressed with how much the 4wd access road had drained since the drive in – gives us hope for the Gibb. We re-inflated tyres and continued a short way down the road to Beagle Bay, an Aboriginal community where the Mother of Pearl Catholic Church was set up as part of a mission over…
Well after so many days of cloud, wind and (less) rain the sun came out today! The van started collecting those solar rays and the batteries charged merrily away. The campground is so peaceful without the 20 or so generators running all through the day. Last night Bob and I decided to stay at Middle Lagoon for our last paid night tonight as arriving at Broome on a Saturday afternoon wasn’t going to assist with generator purchasing, and after a phone call…
We woke to a great view out of the van. Not surprisingly, it was overcast again. The boys had one last go at pulling our busted generator apart to see if they could find the problem. No luck. I think it is going in the bin so we can fit in a replacement when we pass back through Broome. Our electrical system is struggling severely after 4 nights off grid and literally no sunshine for the last 5 days. Kieran loaned us his generator and Bob…
An early start for us this morning with a sunrise walk to Squeaky Beach. Lovely rocks and the tide was quite low in the mangroves. Today has been another cloudy day, but we’ve dodged rain for the most part. We resumed our original program today with a relatively short drive to Middle Lagoon. The road in was 30km of corrugations, mud and water. I’m still in awe that we are driving these access roads given our lack of 4wding experience previously! We arrived in…
Well today was a bit of a weird day. It started well enough with our explorer cruise getting cancelled again, as expected due to inclement weather. We headed to the restaurant and had cuppas overlooking the water out of the wind. Karen and Kieran decided to go on a cultural tour while Bob and I went looking for parts for our brand new broken generator….without success. We met back up and Karen and I decided to do a jigsaw, and…
So today was pretty miserable. Cool, windy and drizzly. Our cruise we’d booked was unsurprisingly cancelled this morning. We’ll try again for tomorrow, but chances are it will also be cancelled. With no sun at all to power our solar charging set up we have had to fire up the generator to charge the van batteries. It could be a long week or so without sun…we feel so ‘lucky’ to be around here with the biggest dry season rain event…
So I have to count today as cloudy day number 2 since we left home. I got up early and went biking on Cable Beach with Karen and Kieran. It wasn’t long before I realised the sand was a bit softer than the other day. I pealed off and left them to it and enjoyed the muted colour over the rocks. Packing was undertaken slowly this morning and Jase and Sue came over to confirm what we anticipated – they…
This morning we packed breakfast and headed to Gantheaume Point to enjoy it. It was actually a little cool until the sun worked it’s way into the sky a bit. We all enjoyed our pancakes, croissants and bacon and eggs on the beach followed by an explore on the rocks. We headed our own ways again for the morning. Bob and I decided to give the car it’s 2 monthly wash, whether it needed it or not 😉 . We…