Back to Australia: October 15, 2014

Mostly this type of terrain all the way from Broom to Exmouth and then on to Carnarvon

In Exmouth, situated on the north west cape, has no wet season.

Since Broom had has a couple of hot days but the nights have been cool and this evening sitting here feel a bit chilly, only about 24C. Have gone to a number of places Sandfire, Roebuck , Port Hedland, Whim Creek, Fortescue River Roadhouse, Roebourne, Dampier, Karratha, Onslow, Bullara Station and Learmouth..

Did a free camp west of Port Hedland a along a river that was home to a flock of black swans. Had a young couple and a gentleman stopping there also. We all sat around a camp fire in the evening .

From Darwin going across the northern part of Australia there is a massive amount of mining going on.

Darwin is going through a growth spurt and has several large camps for personnel who fly in fly out.

You actually do not see the ore truck trains until you get to about Derby and from there on you seen them coming and going and also large camps for the personnel who work in the camps.

At Fortescue Roadhouse where we stayed there is a 1000 man camp and just up the road there is another 3000 man camp and they all fly in and fly out.

Last evening we stayed at Billara Station, a working cattle ranch of 1/4 million hectares. At one time they ras 20,000 head of sheep but now only have cattle and a small caravan park and some cabins.

Tonite we are staying a the lighthouse caravan park just across the road front the ocean ( Indian Ocean)

Got the laundry done for another week, in the morning going up to the lighthouse and later out to the wreck of a old ship. then it is on the Coral Bay.