After last night, today was totally different. It was still overcast but the cloud base was very high so no rain however there was some wind – head wind in the morning then a tail wind in the afternoon.
A quick look around Newman with the chance to get up close and personal with one of the big mine dump trucks and we were soon headed to the coast.
It was a little worrying as I looked at the fuel gauge – it was going down way to quickly even with the head wind. Then a light bulb went off in my head, I must have forgotten to release the hand brake on the caravan. Lucky we had only gone about 20 kilometres. At least the brakes pads are now bedded in. After letting them cool down before using the brakes again and they are working a treat now.
We passed through some amazing country with the Hamersley Range and in particular the Munjina Gorge.
The Great Northern Highway is a very busy road with a constant stream of Road Trains with 4 trailers hauling iron ore to Port Hedland and returning back to the mines. As they are very heavy, even I could overtake them with ease hauling the Thommo Taj.
It is not often that we arrive at our campsite before dark but we managed it this afternoon with half an hour to spare. After setting up the van at Blackrock Tourist Park (we got the last available site), time to watch the spectacular sunset, then let Jenny loose at the shops.
Tomorrow we head to Broome for a couple of days.
