We had great night at the pub last night, excellent quality meals a tad on the big side. Bob found his coveted Mixed Grill so he was happy. We stayed there until around nine before heading back to our free camp in the RV Park. This morning we left Cue a little later than we would normally depart a town, but this one has caught our imagination. We cruised around the few streets in the town checking out the historic buildings before heading into the Op shop for the mandatory poke around then off north again (we had to let an extra wide load go through first – it was a day of wide loads on the highway)
We arrived in Meekatharra just before lunch and Bob headed to the servo for a gas refill while I headed to the only tyre service in town, only to be told that there was no tyre fitter at work today and no-one else in the town could help us. Looks like we will have to wait until Capricorn or Newman to get a replacement spare. We found a shady spot for lunch before heading back up to the main street to visit the museum where Bob attempted to find information on his maternal Great Grandfather and his Grandfather, who had travelled together to Meekatharra to try their luck in the gold mines. Unfortunately Bob’s information was scant and the museum didn’t really have any records of worth.
We decided to refuel and hit the road north to the Gascoyne River (South Branch) to freecamp in the rest area there. On the way we crossed the 26th parallel and we can definitely feel the warmth increasing (it reached 28*C today). Also noticeable was the amount of wildflowers on the roadside, all steadily building up.
We reached our camp at around 4 o’clock and gathered some firewood for a nice fire for a quiet night around the campfire.