Day 48 - Perth to Norseman - by Danny

Well........  (Thankyou Caroline for that kick start)

We woke at the crack of dawn pretty happy to put the busy pace of Perth behind us, but I was a bit worried about trying to get out of the caravan park. Actually it was more a retirement village than a park. We were jammed in like sardines and there was no chance of navigating to the exit so we had to hitch up on a tight angle and skid the float around 90 degrees to go back out the way we came in. Caroline busied herself replacing the wheely bins I was knocking down ( of course it had to be bin morning) and tidying up gardens I had to drive over. 

I thought we were nearly clear with one sharp right turn to go but some resident had left a car too far out on a driveway and I couldn't swing as wide as I would have liked - consequently Big Tred suffered his second mishap as a rock from a garden wedged underneath us. It was superficial damage and once I pumped the airbags up to full capacity we were able to roll the big rock back out and straighten up the garden. We worked quickly because I have as worried the senior citizen who lived there would come out and fill the park up with uppercuts.

Safely back out on the busy freeway and I am now acutely aware that my left blinker hasn't worked since the rain when leaving home. It hasn't really been a problem until now but some locals aren't too happy as we duck and weave to get out of the city.

We then lay our ears back to get to Kalgoorlie and gave the kids a quick look at the super pit and all the machinery at the gold mine. Pretty amazing stuff. It takes a million tonnes of mined material to make 250 kg's of gold - or from every 7 full dump truck loads about 1 golf ball size of gold is collected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is still a bit of daylight so we hit the road for Norseman and stay just ahead of a big storm. We make camp at Norseman and tomorrow we look forward to staying with and old friend Meggan Carswell as guests of Mundrabilla Station - a million acre property where she lives and works.

We are aiming to be home some time Sunday because Donk runs out of rego. This has cut the trip short by a few days but Caroline and the kids are looking forward to getting home. I must admit that I'm not ready yet and could gladly turn north again. There is so much to see and it has been great to do it all together.

Night