...JUST!
Beautiful trip up, set up camp, 10 metres from the beach and had a wonderful sunset to watch with a glass of beer and some great company in the form of Linda, Murray and gang!
Phoebe and tent- before Phoebe became poorly!
Day 2. Thought we'd take a little drive up a bit more to Ellendale Pool, as we'd seen it as a possible pitch for next year's camp, so off we went, passed a huge wind farm, on through 'Walkaway' Good name for a place that's SO far from everywhere? and arrived at Ellendale pool, to find some kids jumping in the pool to cool off - It was 25 C that day, so just nice!
Driving back, we started to hear a noise from Phoebe's engine. Stopped to take a look, couldn't see anything untoward, so had to keep going (If you leave your car in the bush, it tends not to be there the next day!) Noise got louder, then after a few minutes, stopped...
...then the oil light came on, so I decided to pull in and give up!
It seems Phoebe didn't want to go any more, so we had to park her in a kennel (literally, we stopped outside a kennel business) and call for help. She needs a new engine!!! Aaargh!
So after HEAPS of hassle and a LOT of phone calls, we left Phoebe in Geraldton to have a new engine fitted.
Too many expletives used to explain the in and outs, but basically, I can fly back to Geraldton (1 1/2 hour flight, opposed to 5 hour drive!) to, hopefully, collect her in 2 weeks!
Other than that, we had a great holiday!
Doing next to nothing was what we anted to do anyway, and when you're 10m from a beautiful beach and only 300m from the bottle shop, what more could you want???
As they say...
...No worries!
On Thursday, Murray treated us to a trip to Kalbari, about 2 hours north of where we were staying.
Port Gregory - a 'loo-stop' on the way.
This is Red Bluff, a beach just as you enter Kalbari.
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Girlies looking over the edge.jpg)
Rotten scenery!.jpg)
Kalbari 'Z bend' gorge is just awsome!.jpg)
We climbed down here...... and back up again, all on foot!
and then onto 'Nature's Window'. Beautiful!
