Sun, 18th June, 2017 Bush camp, near Meekatharra, WA

7.30am 12.7 degrees and clear sky. Weigh in day!! Keeps us honest when we hop on the scales once a week though we feel we have lost weight but I think the fat is turning to muscle with all the digging we are doing.

V8s are racing in Darwin. Will have to go online when we are in town with better reception and look at the results etc.

Rang Jess for a chat. Bandit  or Lily had done ‘whoopsie’ on the floor so she was cleaning that up and Jon was washing the dogs as they had walked in it!! Joy!!

Back to camp for lunch. Rang Clive and Rebecca back. They are all set for their trip to the Cape in July in the Tardis.

Back detecting – lots of rubbish on these areas!!

Mel and Sandra (who we met at Marble Bar last year) texted as they are back in Marble Bar. I rang them back for a chat. They said the spinifex has grown so much they couldn’t get to where they were camped last year. Lucky we didn’t go up. They moved to the Port Hedland side of Marble Bar and found a few nice bits of gold. They will let us know if they are heading down this way otherwise we will try and see them in Geraldton later in the year.

Phil (friend of Ross’) arrived after his fishing trip. We met him in Perth in December. We all got a nice feed of fish from him which was so wonderful. Red Emperor and a cod.

Drinks and chat at Tom and Sandie’s tonight with everyone. Ross and Lara told us lots of stories about their roo shooting days.

NO PHOTOS TODAY.