10/05/12 – Hitting the road

Enjoying a cold one at camp Karijini

Putting the demons of the monkeybars
on tough mudder to rest

Stylish...

We enjoyed a morning training session on the beach (even better with the knowledge that we didn’t have a tough mudder-esque event coming up!), followed by a leisurely stroll alongside the Guigan style shells. The Onslow supermarket was an interesting experience – they only had frozen meat, and more fish bait than canned vegetables – but the stocks were running low and we were in the bush for the next few nights.

Oh the hilarity we had
on these long drives!

Tom Price - home of fluorescent vests
and massive mining trucks

Another healthy drive later, and we came into the town of Tom Price (didn’t find out who Tom Price was), deep in mining country. If you didn’t have a fluorescent vest on here, you’re a second class citizen! After a bit of dallying, we headed back onto the unsealed roads into the Karijini (‘meeting place’) National Park.

Key Learnings:

Which way is the Warlu way?

1.       When a highlight of the day is seeing a lizard on its hind-legs on the road, you’ve perhaps been driving too much!

2.       Wittenoom has been wiped off all maps and roadsigns by the Australian government due to historical asbestos problems. The town, however, has decided not to die (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenoom,_Western_Australia)

3.       Ladies at tourist information offices don’t always speak gospel when telling you about the standard of roads.

OK Ken, will do!