Day 47 Port Hedland to Goldwire Rest Area - 15/4/11

We were pleased to leave Port Hedland as today is just as hot and humid as yesterday.  We passed lots of roadtrains and some had four trailers.  You can imagine how scary it would be trying to overtake one of these monsters.

One of the big road trains with four trailers

Again some wonderful scenery along the way.

Interesting shapes in the hills

We decided to stop at a free camp just before Broome as it is 614kms to do it all in one go.  The numb bum gets to you after a while.  We pulled up at Goldwire Rest Area which is an approved 24hr stop.  It is well off the road and has a drop toilet, rubbish bins and some barbecues and there are lots of areas that you can park.

We were the first ones to pull in so had our pick of all the spots.  We decided on one that was a bit out of the way as we wanted to use the generator.  Peter had a play with the satellite dish and I did some reading.  It was very hot so it was great to have the generator and be able to use the air conditioner.  It wasn't too long before other people started to arrive.  We turned the generator off once it cooled down a bit.  It was so nice to hear all the animals and birds and the stars were amazing as there were no lights to detract from their brilliance.

Goldwire Rest Area 

All set up 

Peter playing with the satellite dish

Tomorrow we are off to Broome.

cheers
Pete and Roz