Tues, 4th June, 2019 Bush camp north-west of Peak Hill to Bush camp near gravel pit, 50km south of Newman, WA

7am 10.9 degrees again, clear sky and the strong wind is still blowing.

Said farewell to Muriel and Syd. Hopefully we will see them around Nullagine somewhere.

We were going to detect where Ray got his little piece yesterday but it was so cold we decided to play Skipbo inside instead. Carol had done her washing late so she was waiting for it to dry while Ray mixed up his homebrew spirits.

After smoko we packed up and headed back to the highway then headed north to Newman.

Stopped for lunch at the rest area near south branch of the Gascoyne River. A text came through that Jeff had rung so we rang him and Lyn back. It was 3 years ago that we were here with him. He might be over again next year so we might catch up with him in the Kimberleys somewhere.

Still very windy as we continued north. A truck went by and ‘crack’ – a stone hit the top of the windscreen. Our first one since getting the windscreen replaced in Cairns last year. Not bad I suppose considering the miles we do.

Further along another road train went by with a big rush of wind and the little UHF aerial snapped off. Bob had found it on the ground whilst detecting and it had worked fine till now. Ray called up so we knew the UHF was still working without the top part of the aerial. Will find a replacement in Newman.

Pulled into a rest stop for a cuppa and Steve put our old aerial back on.

Continued north till 4pm – a lot of cattle beside the road. We pulled into a gravel pit area and continued further off the road to park up for the night. There was so much rubbish left around the gravel pit, it is disgusting.

As it was cold and we weren’t having a fire we stayed in our vans for drinks and Steve and I continued with a few more games of Skipbo.

Early shower, dinner then some more movies.