Day 50

Day 50 Broome

Not the most active day but still got a bit done. Maureen headed off early and saw the first lot of

Camels off to work

Shit Kicker in action

camels with a school group. She was very, very lucky as she was able to see the person who everyone talks about but no one ever sees. As the camels were walking down the road, a few were doing their morning ablutions and leaving little messages on the road and there was a lady walking behind kicking the messages

Off to get first passengers

Watch that bottom lip or you will trip over it!

off the road – Maureen saw “the Shit Kicker” in real life! On her way there she wandered into Cable Beach Resort and has a squiz around at the accommodation there. As she says, look as though you belong and no one asks any questions.

Back at Girt I worked on yesterday’s blog and waited until 12:30 when I had booked Trude in to have

Working hard

Working out on the beach

the wheel alignment done. She was pulling a bit to the left and the front tyres where not wearing evenly. I dropped her in and waited whilst they checked her out. An hour later the guy returned with his report. The front was a little out and as the wheels had worn a bit, he swapped them over and adjusted the steer for me, the back tyres were out of plumb to so he straightened those and adjust the tow. He had a page full of

Maureen's Deadly Treddly outside Cable Beach

Deck area Cable Beach

numbers and percentages and went through them all. I thanked him for all the information and said it sounded very impressive but meant nothing to me, he agreed but just wanted to show why he had done the work and if I ever needed it doing again, it might be helpful. He had taken her for a couple of test drives to check things out before

Gardens Cable Beach Resort

Cable Beach Resort

changing tyres and so on and Trude works like a charm, he even reduced the tyre noise as well.

Back at base Maureen was tidying up Girt with all our supplies we had bought, so when I got back, we went down to the Port. It is pretty much as I remembered it back 30 years ago, more buildings around it now but the jetty looks the same. The Indonesian training ship

Rooms at Cable Beach Resort

room at Cable Beach Resort

had gone and the tide was out, so there was not much to see. We dropped into the Hovercraft Base and booked a tour for Thursday afternoon at 2:30 so we will do that.

On the return from this we dropped in to fill up Trude as she was just about dry and used our first 15c discounts and saved $19! Worth the effort.

Doug came over for tea tonight and he is the reason this posting is late as we sat around and chatted until late, just lost track of time, a great way to finish the day.