Wednesday June 5th: We had planned to make our way north today but decided to stay one more day for minor repairs to the Camper Trailer door. The children used the time to update their journals.
June 6th: Left the campsite at 8:34AM – a record! The plan was to get to Point Samson near Karratha by mid afternoon. However, our progress was slow due to a very strong headwind. We had to slow down to conserve diesel and just made it to the Nanutarra Roadhouse to refuel.
The strong headwind continued for the rest of the journey so we kept the speed down. The children watched DVDs and played games. Then, when they got bored, we chatted, watched the scenery pass by and looked out for wildlife on the road. Oh, and we named the car… “Mitzi”! The children decided that we should do this because the Kellams have named their vehicles. We even named the Camper… “Jake”!
A particularly busy section north of Karratha.
We were about 200 kilometres from Karratha when the windscreen was cracked by stones flicked up by a passing Road Train. The cracks weren’t too big at first but they slowly grew bigger – particularly when we were buffeted by the wind from oncoming Road Trains. As we approached Karratha, Charlotte phoned a mobile windscreen repair company who arranged to meet us in the K-Mart car park in Karratha. Whilst we shopped for supplies and had a cuppa our windscreen was replaced and, within two hours we were on our way to Point Samson which was about 40 minutes drive from Karratha.
Wide load parked for the day, they drive at night.
We arrived at the campsite at 5:30PM and had the trailer setup in 20 minutes; how about that! We went to the local Pub for fish and chips.