First things first.........happy birthday Gwen.

Now Elaine, not such a good day but seems to be a bit better now than she was earlier today.

The first night that we stayed in Norseman all, or lots of them, the local kids came down to the oval to play but left shortly after dark. On the way out one of them knocked on the van door but disappeared when we answered. Because of the strong northerly winds expected, and as it happened received, we decided to stay put the following day. So on Saturday we just pottered around town then returned to the oval, this time joined by 2 other vans.

One thing that we have noticed the last couple of mornings is that the van motor doesn't like cold mornings or we have picked up a bit of dirty fuel. We will have to see how it pans out.

So Sunday dawned bright and cheerful and cccccold. We have now made the definite decision to head north to warmer climates in the hope that it will help Elaine's back. Norseman is the cross roads with the Nullabor to the east and Kalgoorlie to the north. So we drove north to Kalgoorlie and in this RV friendly town spent the night in their RV 24 Hr Stop at Centennial Oval on the edge of town.

This morning we were greeted by lots of people outside our van, our egos shot skywards with such a welcoming group then were deflated when we discovered that they were setting up for an inter- school (Catholic Schools) cross country run. So we went about or business, the usual dump, water and shop. Then headed out of town continuing to follow the north mark on our compass.

We have stopped for the night at Menzies where they have a delightful but basic low cost caravan park, with madams favourite accessory.......a washing machine! There are a few, but not many people here and I wonder why. It is a nice town with a well set out historical walk complete with story boards and statues. They also have a good historical display in the visitors centre and unlike some places it is all very nice and interesting. The buildings are also rather nice reflecting its goldming past. Then again it is the gateway to Antony Gomley's Inside Australia statues, all 50 of them on Lake Ballard.