We left
Dampier early and traveled for a couple of hours until we got to Fortescue
Roadhouse where we stopped for morning tea.
Fortunately we didn’t have to get fuel, because the roadhouse was closed
due to a power outage and they were unable to open their front doors.
They missed
out on quite a bit of business because of this, because even whilst we were
there, several cars and vans pulled in to fuel up. It didn’t really affect us, we found a picnic
table, so were able to pull up and have our cuppa, and toilet break before
taking off again.
It was quite
a long drive to the Nanutarra Roadhouse.
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We sat under the shady trees for lunch |
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Ian and Kathy |
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Our van |
This place was much nicer and almost seemed like a bit of an oasis, as
they had nice green lawns, picnic tables under trees and we were able to have
our lunch there. The price of fuel was
pretty reasonable also, although we didn’t need to fuel up. The roadhouse also had quite a nice caravan
park attached to it as well. It even had a pool that looked very refreshing.
The temperatures were up near the 40 degree mark again today, and even in the
shade of the trees we could still feel the hot wind. I am pleased that we have had a couple of
days of travelling in an air conditioned car in this heat.
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Arriving at Bullara Station |
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Road into Bullara |
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The shearing shed was also the meeting place |
From here we
pushed on to Bullara Station which was to be our destination for today. What a great spot this was to camp. Bullara Station is actually a working cattle
and sheep station, and whilst the cattle were in the front paddock, the sheep
wandered around amongst the campers, and you really did get a feeling that you
were on a station.
We loved the
rustic feel to the place, everything was
old, corrugated iron sheds, even the toilets and showers were in keeping with
the outback theme.
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They were friendly enough |
We camped in
the generator camping area even though we didn’t use our generators as we were
only there for one night. The toilets
and showers in our section were called the “Lava Trees”, and they certainly
reflected life in the bush.
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Our amenities block |
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Shower head |
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The Hot Water system |
Although we
had a flushing toilet, the shower was
rigged up using a couple of trees, with a curtain around it. The shower head was a bucket with holes in
the bottom of it, the towel hooks were
horse shoes welded to the metal frame of the showers, and there was not roof on
the block. If you went to the toilet at
night, you had a brilliant view of the starry heavens above.
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Our camping spot |
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Some of the other showers in the powered area. |
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the Hung Over Tree |
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Camp Kitchen - all new appliances |
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Laundry with the old clothes lines |
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the new bathrooms |
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Light fittings in new bathrooms |
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Still liked our amenities better.. |
The one
thing we loved about Bullara, was the way they included all their campers in a
get together each evening, whether it be a damper night or hamburger
night, everyone got to gether at the
shearing shed around 5pm each afternoon, and you really got to meet the other
campers that were staying there. John
and Joy, the hosts, made it their business to come down and spend a couple of
hours with everyone also, getting around chatting to all their campers. The atmosphere here was great.
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Friday night is Hamburger night |
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Enjoying our hamburgers |
In the
morning from 8.30am on they serve fresh scones and good coffee. Proceeds from this going to a charity that
they support, and again it is a great opportunity for you to meet and mingle
with other like minded campers. You also
gleam great information from these guys who have often come from the areas you
are heading too. We really enjoyed our
time here….
It was after
7pm before we got back to our vans and we still hadn’t organised anything for
dinner…. Too late to defrost anything, so it was scrambled eggs for us all
tonight, but boy did they taste good.
Tomorrow we
meet up with Barb and John again in Exmouth, where they have been staying for
the past couple of days. We are all off
to camp in Cape Range National Park at North Mandu for the next three nights.
Ningaloo Reef here we come…
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