Myadee Spring

It was well into the afternoon when we left Port Hedland so after looking at Wiki Camps we chose a free camp called Afghan Well about 150 k's to the north. It's just a shady spot amongst trees well off the main rd, no facilities. Perfect for us. There was a lot of hornets hanging around, but harmless unless they felt threatened. Dave got a couple of quick stings because he stood on two of them that were sucking moisture out of a damp towel we had left on the doorstep. Apart from the initial pain in his foot there was no after affects. That's my hero. : -)

Pizza for lunch!!! It was delicious. A reduced price Coles pizza dolled up with extras and cooked in the fry pan with a lid on. Worked a treat. :-)

Spent the 6th May in the Stanley rest area on the Gt Northern Hway, about 250 k's south of Broome. Nice spot, set up for people on the road. Basically these rest areas are just flat ground with amenities that consist of a dump point for toilet cassettes and either flushing or composting toilets. Mostly composting. They also have undercover areas with tables and bench seating, picnic style. Sometimes they have gas stoves or wood fired BBQs. They also have rubbish disposal bins at the entrance. Some are "crap" and some are good. Stanley was particularly good.
It was Dave's birthday so dinner had been planned in advance. We had bought some nice T/Bone steaks in Hedland. So the birthday boy wanted steak, Julie's crunchy potatoes, mushrooms and salad with toasted pepitos, pine nuts, sunflower and sesame seeds AND satay sauce. I made the satay sauce in the morning and toasted up the seed mix. Dinner turned out magnificent!!! And of course we had bought a nice wine to go with it. After dinner we walked over to the undercover area where we met "Uncle Rooster" and 4 German backpackers. Uncle Rooster is a down to earth Aussie with no shirt, almost bare feet (just thongs) and a long white beard. He's had lots of adventures travelling Australia and was a character to listen to. Somehow he met the German backpackers up in Weipa near Cape York and they became firm friends. They've been travelling together for 4 months and are on their way to Cape Leveque and then the the Gibb River Rd. We might run into them again as we are heading in the same direction, but at a much slower pace. The German kids visas run out in 6 weeks, then they have to return home.Läs mer