Sat, 21st June, 2025 Bush camp on Valroc lease, east of Nullagine to Bush camp on pending lease near Nullagine, WA (Anthony’s birthday)

Our little son, Anthony, would have been 34 today.

13 degrees, clear sky. After breakfast we packed up and headed back out.

Stopped to take photos of Steve’s smiley face on the track on his phone. He likes having a phone to take photos with now and to track where he walks and finds targets.

Back to the main track and headed back out. Checked out a couple of other spots but decided to head back to Nullagine as we are getting low on fuel.

The Common has a pending lease over part of it so we found a track in from the east and parked up. Someone found an ounce of reef gold here recently which is amazing as this close to town you would think it would have been well and truly walked. The wind has picked up and rocks the camper. Puffy clouds are coming over.

Good phone reception here. After lunch we phoned Ray & Carol to see where they were. They didn’t have any joy in Halls Creek so continued on and are just across the NT border at the Saddleback Rest Area we have stayed at. Lots of people parked up so they had fun trying to find a spot. They are booked into Kurundi Station at the end of the month for 2 weeks to detect but there are new biosecurity rules so they have to have the truck and van clear of dirt before going in which is funny as you have to travel over so much dirt to get there.

Michael had rung too so Steve rang him back and they chatted away about the engine and his problems with getting his truck repainted.

Steve then went for a wander with the 6000 while I uploaded my blog etc. Wrote up my shopping list for Newman so we can stock up for a month again.

Rang Andrea to chat about her other 2 sons getting engaged. Nick’s wedding is in two weeks and Ben and Michael will marry Aug/Sept next year so a busy time for her and Alan.

Steve came back with nothing in his jar but rubbish. 

Rang Wendy and Dave and had a lovely long chat with them and caught up on what’s been happening in Cairns etc. Rang Rebecca and caught up on all their news too - had a great trip along the Ningaloo Reef and are heading off to NZ to celebrate her 70^th birthday with daughter Ingrid, as her birthday is soon too.

Today is the shortest day of the year for daylight and now it is over as the sun has set.

Forgot to go out and look for the ‘lights’ as it was a bit cool!