The wind picked up in the early hours and got stronger as we had breakfast. Min of 17 degrees and mostly clear sky. Ray and Carol had headed over to the Valroc leases we have permission to detect on at 7am. We don’t get moving till 8am.
Back out the main track then turned onto the road that heads east. We saw the grader driver’s sign further along the main track - must be getting it ready for mustering. At lease we will have a smoother drive when we head back into Nullagine next week for fresh water.
We continued onto the track into Adam’s camp which is on one of the Valroc leases that we have detected on before. No one about at Adam’s so we continued on trying to find Ray and Carol. Lost their track so turned onto a two-wheel track around the hill from Adam’s and pulled up to take our detectors for a wander.
After lunch we hopped in the trucks to go further along the track up the valley to see where it went when we heard Ray call on the UHF. They were at the start of the track so we went back to get them. They had gone up to the other lease for a look but no joy so came back. There is a clear area opposite where we found the nuggets on the other side of the creek so we left them to set up there. We continued on with our exploring up the track. We got to the end of the main track - it did continue across the creek but we stopped and wandered from here. Steve went for a very long walk and got a tiny bit (0.17g) at the very end.
Had a cuppa then headed back to Ray and Carol and set up our ‘home’.
Ray had the Starlink on and I checked my phone and saw we had missed a few calls from Malcolm. I rang him back and all was ok, he was just checking how we are going and to say he has booked the campsite for Steve at Lake Perkolilli. Also it was a chilly 5 degrees there!
Steve made a fireplace and got some timber for our drinks and we chatted the afternoon away. Ray & Carol said after they had come out this morning and checked the track in they went back to get the van. The grader driver had been working along the track and stopped at their camp for a chat. He was a bit lonely. Another two chaps pulled in to ask about camping there and getting some advice on where to detect so Ray helped them out but then explained he was packing up. He mentioned the burnt area they first went into and said if they find a pick with yellow handle it was theirs so the chap said he makes them and gave one to Ray to use. He is making them out of truck springs - bit heavy for Carol but Ray thought it was good.
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