We leave around 8.00am and are on the tar. Very strong cross winds buffet both cars and vans.
The landscape was very diverse….all predominantly flat, with either marshy terrain, scrubby terrain with some small trees, as well as cleared land for cattle grazing
We have telephone conversations with Melissa at Elite Caravans and Paul from Black Knight concerning some maintenance issues, during intermittent telephone coverage.
It is a long drive until we reach Roebuck Plains Service Station to fuel up. We are approached by a couple who have paid a deposit on an Elite Balistic van and are interested to see our colour schemes as they have to head off later this year to choose their colour scheme and layout. We along with Tony give them a view of our vans and have an interesting conversation for some time.
We pickup a bit of takeaway for lunch, then it is off to Broome, some 34 klm away. We head in an arrange for the oven glass to be fitted next day at the Park, and then to Tyrepower to balance the van’s spare tyres. Talking to the boys there, they advise that there is potentially 2 wind systems that could form into cyclones and head to Broome from opposite directions.
Due to the late unseasonal rain parts of the Gibb River Road and the Cape Leveque Road are closed….these are areas on our itinerary.
We book into a very empty Broome Caravan Park….and are given drive through sites amongst some tall trees. Tony and Jen are still on the computer system since 2004 when they stayed here. Tony commented on the lovely young couple who looked after them then…………he was talking to Donna the same owner!!!! Both agreed they had aged somewhat over these past 12 years.
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