Monday May 18

We are camped tonight at the Stanley Rest Area which is an official 24 hr rest area about 220 kms South of Broome. It consists of a big flat area, with a couple of concrete pads (we are parked on one of them), toilets and that is about it. However it is a nice stopping place and tonight we have 20-25 neighbours.

But our day has been spoiled, as we drove in here a warning light came on and it appears that we may have gearbox issues and will have to be trucked to Broome.......bummer.

Other than that we had a nice day driving here. On the way we saw the start of mustering on one of the stations, little helicopters are the tell tale signs of that. No longer just horses and dogs! We also stopped for morning tea with our travelling friends, consisting of scones jam and cream, plus chocolate muffins and some lovely savouries. Fuel was topped up at Sandfire which has a couple of peacocks running around, one of them is pure white!