So last night I forgot to mention that Mark Webber was on the dinner cruise with us and a recording crew from the series ‘What’s Up Downunder’. Stay tuned, we could be stars! This morning we headed out on the more serious MTB tracks. At least on these ones there weren’t man-made obstacles put in to make the ride harder (like yesterday), the obstacles were there themselves! We climbed 100m along gravel, river beds, rocks and sand and there was…
This morning we said goodbye to Karen and Kieran early and then headed out on a hike to the Baruwei Lookout. So many steps to climb up! We came back and cooled off before jumping on the bikes and attacking the easiest of the trails here. I didn’t realise that the trails are actually made with jumps and silly tight turns. It was still more enjoyable than corrugations on a gravel road but not as good as a glass of wine listening to…
We have now been on the road for 100 nights! 71 of those have been powered via our battery system (and generator when the sun won’t shine). We have learned heaps about existing sustainably with limited amp hours, and what we are prepared to use them on 🙂 . Since our solar blanket purchase in Broome, power conservation basically hasn’t been required. This morning we all agreed to be driving out of the free camp by 730 to ensure we…