0031 Doon Doon to Wolfe Creek Crater

25th June 2017
So THAT's what a blowout feels like !

China Wall at Hall's Creek

In the morning we continued south down the main road towards Hall's Creek, which we had driven before so no big surprises. Arriving in Hall's Creek we went on a 6 km detour to the "China Wall" - http://www.australiasnorthwest.com/Destinations/The_Kimberley/halls-creek/china-wall
Not overly impressed, but certainly is different. Next time I see a "China Wall" will be in 2019 on the P2P rally !!  A quick restock of supplies in the supermarket, and refuel for the long Tanami Road, and after a quick lunch beside the road, we were off.

0030 Broome to Doon Doon Roadhouse.

21^st – 24^th June 2017

The Gibb River Road

Start of the Gibb river road

We were up early on the 21^st so we get could get packed up and down to the Toyota dealer in Broome by 7.30 am for an oil change and quick check of the car before we hit the infamous Gibb River Road. We said goodbye to Jos & Tony as they headed back home via the black top – We planned to catch up with them again in Alice Springs.  By 10.30 am we were all done, and although they found a couple of minor issues, I decided they could last till we got home, and after fueling up we headed east towards Derby – straight and  

                                                                                                   boring !

0029 Broome

17^th – 20^th June 2017

Cable Beach, helicopters, sunsets, and camels !

Tony measures out his parking space !

Originally we had only scheduled a couple of days in Broome, but we got there a couple of days earlier than expected, and the camp site wasn’t booked out, so we managed to have a good few days break from driving.   And a chance to look for a few spare parts and get oil changes done.   We had set up in the dark last night, so once we had everything properly sorted out, we headed into Broome to check out the action.  When parking we found out one of Jos and Tony’s “quirks” – Jos likes to park exactly between the lines, so Tony, being Tony, often parks

Hawk in the tree on Cable Beach

crooked in order to annoy Jos !   On this instance he reckoned he parked straight, but Jos wasn’t sure, so Tony pulled out his tape measure that he carries ONLY for this purpose, and measured the distance from his wheels to the white lines !!   I won’t say who was correct, but needless to say, Janet & I were in fits of laughter as we watched Tony (in a crowded parking lot) measuring up his car to make sure it was straight !!