Anyway, we got up this morning and packed up - having to make an extra effort to get those darned pesky prickles out of just about everything. We filled the cars with fuel (and listened to the wallets moaning as they were emptied once again) and then went to get some groceries - not sure how much variety and how inflated the prices will be in the next few stops. I went down to the wharf to see if I could spot my keys - but missed the low tide by about half an hour and so couldn't see them.
Derby was an interesting town - boab trees all along the main street and shops that don't look like shops... more like corrugated iron sheds. The price of housing here is a bit surprising - a minimum of $450 000 for a simple little fibro house on a small block. Not sure who would want to live there, let alone pay that money!
We stopped off to take photos of a particularly large boab tree - now I know I have a lot of photos of these - but they are such bizarre looking trees!
And here is the obligatory photo which includes Fred in front of something interesting.
We stopped off at a road-side stop for lunch - Mum had trouble keeping her bum on the seat and nearly fell off (thank goodness Dad and Uncle John grabbed various parts of her anatomy before she fell). Danni found this hysterical for some reason and giggled non-stop for the next 10 minutes or so.
We drove on into Fitzroy Crossing. This place has had quite a bad name in the past - big social and alcohol related problems in the aboriginal community. We are staying at a beautiful lodge resort and caravan park on the north side of the river and are told it is perfectly safe - it certainly seems that way.
Tomorrow we are going on a tour of Fitzroy Crossing township (where we will no doubt find out about how things are changing here - hopefully things are improving) and then out on a boat up Geike Gorge. We will roadside camp at Mary Pool tomorrow night.
Hi to everyone at home and following the blog in Victoria.
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