Geo: -20.7367, 116.846On our way to a free camp we called in to see Karratha. My goodness is that place thriving. There is so much building and construction of roads going on. We have noticed all the houses up this way don't have any gutters. Too much water. Karratha is now a stones throw from Dampier as they have built a dual lane freeway to connect the 2 towns.Karratha has a huge port and a large mining community.Dampier is such a pretty little town and is the home to the Red Dog statue. It has a huge port and out in the bay is an island which looks like paradise from the distance. Apparently a man built a castle there and lived on the island until he died and is now buried there. You can take ... read more

Geo: -17.3048, 123.632Well we missed Windjana Gorge as it rained and they closed the roads for a couple of days and we didn't want to miss our flight later in the week. We stayed in Fitzroy Crossing for another couple of days and then went onto Derby 2 days early.Derby is a great country town. We saw the Prison Tree which is said to be about 1500 years old. The town has created a wet lands from the waste water recycling and we decided we weren't going to have any duck for tea as there were thousands there. The sunsets were great.We checked out Myall's Bore and cattle trough which is 120 meters long. Italy may have the leaning tower of Pisa but Australia has the leaning Boab of Derby ha ha who needs to travel ... read more

Geo: -18.2248, 127.666Well we should be getting used to the darn sun up at 5.30 but I can tell you its not funny. Guess the only benefit is hitting the highway early. We had such a long way to go today 100kms which found us in Halls Creek.The town is about the size of Birdwood with a local IGA and some other small shops. We had to stock up on groceries and wow that was expensive. We both felt like curry so we bought a jar of pataks curry sauce $7.50. Hmmm we will shop again later in Fitzroy Crossing, hopefully that is not so dear. Fuel here is cheaper than most places at $1.745 p/l diesel. Well we got back to the van after spending up big and had lunch before going out to see ... read more

Geo: -15.9164, 128.008We were up and on the road early after stocking up on groceries and fuel.. the car drinks more than us. We were heading for Home Valley Station down the Gibb River Road. The drive in was mainly bitumen until we passed ElQuestro then it became rougher with our first water crossing. The Cockburn Ranges are magnificent. We arrived at our bush camp and it was hot. No power so we slept with all windows open. It gets dark at 6pm and it gets LIGHT at 5.30am. We became like the grey nomads and went to bed not long after sun down and we were up with sun up. Spent the days croc watching which paid off as we saw two in the river in front of us. Darn mozzies are blood thirsty here.By ... read more

Geo: -15.7739, 128.739We left Katherine (disappointing) on Monday morning. The scenery along the highway was beautiful. We stopped at Victoria River Roadhouse for coffee and the area is kept lovely and the staff are very friendly. The caravan park looked ok. We reached the border of NT and WA and had to stop like every one else. There is no going past this check point. They look through all your cupboards, fridges (including car fridge) and take rego numbers etc. The only bonus for us was the time change which meant we gained 1 1/2 hours. This got us to Lake Argyle Caravan Park earlier than expected so we went sight seeing. Lake Argyle is massive and our pictures don't do it justice. Didn't take any tours here. The staff at the park are very friendly ... read more