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15th to 18th June Derby Leaving the Dampier Peninsula via a shortcut we had been told about. Although we weren’t certain of the conditions having heard mixed reports we decided to give it a go. The turnoff was just south of The Beagle Bay turnoff, and after missing it the first time we turned back, this time with success. This shortcut turned out to be excellent and saved us a great deal of time and the road was actually better than the more major road going to Broome. There were places where it was just a 2 wheel track but the corrugations were no where near as bad. We believe the track saved us a couple of hours. The track went east then eventually turned south where is joined the main road to Derby with 110km ... read more

17th May to 31st May Broome Map http://www.broomevisitorcentre.com.au/pages/map-of-broome/ We moved out of the motel and into a caravan park, ‘Tarangau’. This is a smaller van park but at the time we arrived there was plenty of grassy sites. We looked at several van parks, apart from Tarangau only one seemed to have a few grassy sites. We were looking for a quieter park. This is very well maintained and friendly. It doesn’t have a swimming pool and the ratio of washing machines to campers is a little low. If these are not priorities with you then I would certainly recommend it. There is quite a stroll to Cable Beach as there is no shortcut. In the beginning we had a few nights when it rained or sprinkled with some cloud during the day. This cleared as ... read more

Tuesday 27th April Banka Banka to Daley Waters Left Banka Banka at 9am. Refuel at Elliott and looked for somewhere to repair the tyre. The tyre was too damaged with the inner tube having melted creating balls of rubber and the wall of the tyre bulging. So bought a new tyre. Stopped for the night at Daley Waters Inn. The pub (was the original farmhouse), is very well known for it’s ‘steak & barra’ special. When you arrive you book into the campground via the pub and you are asked if you would like their special for dinner. We opted for the barra without the steak, now also on their specials board. You are asked to select a time for dinner 6.30, 7 or 7.30pm, you then turn up at that time and your name is ... read more

Tuesday 20th April Before saying goodbye to Charters Towers called into the info centre and chatted to Steve Caught, a friend of Lyle’s from Kuranda. There were a couple of activities on in or near the town. One was viewing distance education in action the other was just out of town looking through one of the old gold mining operations. We decided not to go and headed west. At Homestead there was no diesel so continued west. Tried to find the entrance to White Mountain National Park, went a few km too far so stopped and asked at the Torrens Creek Post Office. The lady in the tiny Post Office gave us directions so we headed back only to find that no unauthorized vehicles were allowed to enter. We had asked about it earlier but no-one ... read more