Sun, 20th July, 2025 Peace Gorge picnic ground, Meekatharra to Bush camp near Don Well, north of Meekatharra, WA

9 degree min, clear sky and windy. Forecast is for very strong winds today.

Into town for water and fuel. A lady pulled in with her van while we were getting water and asked me about a few things to see. She had done a trip around the coast up to Exmouth and now heading back to Adelaide. I told of some highlights to see on her way down to Kalgoorlie which she noted in her book. She had some funny stories too.

We stopped opposite the new sign to get a photo.

A very wide load then came towards us, 8.5m. A road train had to get off the road so they will have an interesting drive north. There were two smaller buckets at the servo heading north too.

We followed along slowly after the wide load listening to the pilot giving directions to oncoming traffic and sorting out the ones that wanted to get past them. The wind has picked up a lot so it must be interesting driving that wide load.

We turned off onto the dirt track back into the pending ground near Don Well where we had taken Rick. Decided to grid around where Steve left his last smiley face.

We parked up near it and pointed into the strong wind as it was rocking the camper.

Robyn rang from Mosquito Creek with an offer of a house site in Mandurah in case we were heading south again. They are all ok up there with more friends coming to visit etc.

We went for a wander getting blown about but the sun was still shining so it wasn’t cold. I got one bit nearby then continued gridding but no more. Steve did a big walk then got one on the other side of his smiley face.

Had a cuppa then went back to gridding. The gusts of wind nearly blew me over.

Clouds are coming over from the south west. Drinks inside of course with a game of cards.