We discovered that the sun rises much earlier and sets
earlier in WA, we got up and packed the car, then Susanna and Pieter came over
for another coffee. They invited us back to their truck to have a look inside
and see what they had done. They had done almost exactly what Iain has done,
building the truck from scratch. It was smaller than the Unimog, but we were
really happy to see that a lot of the things we have in our truck really work
well. It was such a treat, to meet them. At around 8 they left on their next
adventure – the Canning Stock Route.
We finished the last few things and set
off for Mitchell Falls. The road was pretty rough at times with a lot of
corrugations, Iains hands get really
sore from all the vibrations, so we have to stop often for breaks. Our next
stop was Drysdale Station for a cup of coffee and toilet break. This was our last taste of ‘civilisation’ for
a few days. Around 80km later was the turnoff to Mitchell Falls, another dirt
track with lots of corrugations and surprises along the way; the 84km took us 2
hours. Just after the turnoff we came across a river crossing, we decided this
was a great time for another rest stop and photo shoot.
We got some shots, then disaster; Iain slipped on some
slippery rocks and fell into the water, apart from a sore knee and shoulder, his camera and lens got a dunking. He raced back to the car took it
apart and dried it as much as possible, the lens seems to be buggered and the camera looks like it could be too. He got the other camera out to finish the pictures and then
disaster; I slipped on rocks and fell onto my hands and knees. We had both had
enough and got back in the car and did most of the rest of the trip in silence!
We arrived at Mitchell Falls campground at around 2.30 and
headed for the quiet, generator free area – to find 4 helicopters parked right
next to the campground ready to take sightseers to the falls. So much for quiet
area. We spent the afternoon just relaxing after such an exciting morning.
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