It was pretty much 10 am before we moved on out of camp. The tide hadn’t moved much in the whole time we were here, and we enjoyed a fairly windy night with the sounds of the waves.
After a luxurious lie in and egg and bacon breakfast we dropped off our recycling (for the RFDS) and our rubbish before heading on out.
We don’t have far to go today and don’t expect too much sightseeing will hold us up in our mission to get to Emu Creek Station today. Hopefully we will be left with lots of time for enjoying a spot by the river when we arrive.
We found nowhere to stop for lunch on the way, so just kept on driving the 340km to Emu Creek. We came in the gate right behind Craig and Ev and were met with a warm, chatty welcome. We found a shady, flat spot beside the river big enough for the 3 of us.
There is a little rock and galvanised iron ablutions block with two rustic rooms, each contains a flushing toilet and shower, with a donkey hot water heater. Very cute and very appreciated. We were all starting to feel a bit gritty and dirty after so many days without a shower, even though there have been swims in there and the weather hasn’t been too warm.
The river was flowing past our camp strongly and it was great to be camped in a relatively grassy spot in a lovely setting beside the water.
Al and Zita arrived much later due to a detour back to Karratha. Their oil light came on, so they had to go and find some oil. (probably added at least a couple of hours driving to the day). they were looking pretty “over it” when they arrived, but after a bit of a relax with friends and communal tea they were ok by the time bedtime came.
Despite being quite close to others it was a pretty good sleep for us.
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