Over 7,000 kms driven in 3 weeks! And it was worth it. Australia is not a small country, this is what it takes just to make it to the top of Western Australia, the Kimberley. If only we had more time to take it all in, to visit all the magnificent sights, colours and ancient history, to have time to explore more, walk more, swim more and wonder more.
The really long drives were just to get up there and home again. It took 3 1/2 days each way. Five cars and seven people started out after meeting up for a night at Payne's Find enjoying a dinner of Rack of Lamb cooked by Thor at the Roadhouse/Tavern. I shared the driving with Ross but the other cars had lone drivers. The trip up was more than a means to an end as we drove though some amazing country sharing the journey with good friends.
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| "The Camel Train" ready to head north |
Much fun was had talking to each others on the CB radios.The radios not only provided a means to chat, joke, point out the sights along the way and quote Monty Python and the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, they are essential safety tools. Particularly when travelling on dirt roads the
