14th May 2024
Distance: 453 Km
Left the roadhouse at about 8.30am to set off for Marble Bar. There are shorter ways to get to Marble Bar but they all involve long dirt roads of unknown quality so I stuck to the highways even though it was much longer in distance.
It is getting more obvious each day that we are in the tropics, today the temperature was about 33° and last night in the camper didn’t drop below 16°
Wandered round the roadhouse early, they are large allotments with massive parking areas for road trains.
The drive was through a variety of vegetation – always changing, always interesting. Stopped a few times to stretch my legs.
There was the inevitable big load where I had to vacate the road.
Passing Port Headland reminded me of my previous visit when I stayed there ,it is a busy industrial place devoted to the export of iron ore, the road network is something you would expect in a major city, not only trucks but trains arrive with ore 24 hours a day.
The whole journey was punctuated by passing road trains, the drivers are so helpful they let you know if the road is clear to overtake. They are obviously high up but also 60 metres or so ahead of you.
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