192klms. today 28th Aug. And we were in Meekathara. 2 nights in the caravan park gave us the opportunity to go prospecting. The town is only a very small community, but services the mines in the area, which there are a few. So, no excitement in the prospecting arena.
On arriving further south to Mount Magnet where we had stayed back in April, we found the caravan park very full, but Phil the manager found us a lovely spot on some grass and it was just lovely to have grass between the toes. Our objective was to be in Geraldton on 1st Sept. as we had our rig booked for a vehicle inspection for our Queensland registration and visit with family.
As our booking was for 10.00a.m we stopped in a rest area approx. 80klms. east of Geraldton. Tenindewa Pioneer Well (the guide to FREE CAMPING in the NORTH of WA camp # 26.) 18klms. west of Mullewa. It was just lovely and it hurt a bit as we had to park over so many beautiful wildflowers. We had them all around us. Another lovely night with our open fire too.
We were looking forward to seeing Kim, Steve and grandson Kyle again after 5 months. Our inspection could not be passed due to the fact we had a broken leaf on one of the springs. As the rig was booked in for a wheel alignment on the following Monday at TME we were advised to go around and see if they could fix it. As it turned out we booked into the Belair Gardens Caravan Park and a staff member from TME came around and removed the broken leaf and returned the next day, Friday to fit it along with a spare one. We were quite amazed at the prompt service, but they said it would have held them up on Monday when they had to do the wheel alignment if it wasn’t fixed. Then at the end of the day on Monday the inspection centre was closed so the guy came into the park and saw that the work had been carried out and gave us the certificate. We do not have enough good words to say about the services we received in Geraldton. Along with all of that we had the F250 serviced at Geraldton 4WD too on the same day and they delivered it to TME for the wheel alignments to be done on both vehicles. Thanks to Kim & Steve for a loan of their Prado so we could get about while we were in town. A few good nights and days were enjoyed. Our first night in town and Kim invited us for dinner and then Friday was Kim’s birthday so we celebrated firstly with morning tea at a local restaurant and dinner at Accor’s Four Seasons Resort. (as we all are members). Sat. was film night so we stayed over to share our photos of recent tripping. Ours being the Gibb River Road through the Kimberley and Kim, Steve & Kyle doing the Canning Stock Route for 3 weeks. A Father’s Day breakfast was prepared by Kim & Kyle. It was good for D’Arcy to spend Father’s Day with family.
Till next post......
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