We were not the first to leave but we all headed out in our various directions, our saviours from yesterday left without us being able to thank them again. We drove into the town and were amazed at the development that had occurred since in the last 18 years (?) as we filled up with fuel at the Shell Coles express using one of our 4cent coupons. Can’t remember any of this along with the new housing developments. (Lynn, wasn’t this the place we called tinsel town and were told about humbugging)
The roads were being worked on along many sections.
Another 646 kms to go with a side trip up to
Derby for lunch and refuelling before continuing on to Broome. How this has changed! All new roads, roundabouts, housing estates and buildings. No more dirt roads here unless you head off onto the outlying areas. Derby has Tides up to 11 metres.
We stopped off at the visitor’s bureau to find a place to stay as we knew it was going to be hard. On checking the information board outside most places were already full with no powered sites available. However we queued up only to be told they don’t make phone calls to find spaces and that you just have to go round to them yourself to find out. Not -what we had been told in Derby by the visitor’s information there so she took pity on us and made a phone call and we were all set! We ended up at the town caravan park, Roebuck Bay with a guarantee of 5 days when we would have to vacate. We set up and went into Chinatown for something to eat as we were thought we would treat ourselves to a meal out after such a long day.
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