7am
20 degrees, clear sky and no wind. By 8am though it was blowing again.
Steve
headed off with the 2300 to detect while I caught up on my blog etc. I also
pressed my Sturt’s Desert Pea to keep it which Wendy suggested to me.
Steve
came back with two tiny bits of gold, 0.34grams but it still counts.
Windy
day which is a pain after all our cleaning yesterday!!
After
lunch we went into town to fill up the fuel tanks, exchange a gas bottle and
get some fruit, vegies and eggs. Did our bit for Marble Bar’s economy!! Fuel
wasn’t too bad at 1.41c/l but the gas bottle was $47 where we got it in South
Hedland for $25. The food of course is a lot dearer, $7.50 for a dozen eggs. 5
tomatoes, 5 apples, 5 oranges, 1 zucchini, 4 bananas, a big lettuce (it was
$4.50) – all came to $47.
Picked
up a brochure on the Airbase.
We
decided to put the spare coils and Steve’s first detector on Gumtree to sell as
he isn’t using them and wants to upgrade to a new coil like what Jeff was
using. While we have good internet reception here we took photos and uploaded
them to Gumtree.
I
got a text later after one of the coils so rang the chap. He was in Gladstone,
Qld and we agreed on the price and we would post it tomorrow from Marble Bar.
That was easy!!
Lovely
evening chatting with Robert and Robyn. They would like to do the Canning and
Gunbarrel Highways too so will keep in touch. Probably see them at Mosquito
Creek again next year anycase.
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