DAY 1: Perth - Kalgoorlie (was Coolgardie) -- The Adventure of a Life Time begins.
Today, we set off for Cairns at 5:45am, todays destination Coolgardie, it was still dark and freezing but even so, we had
to do what we had to do, heading through the door at Jan and Les's house was daunting,we all felt a bit nervous but
excited as well, had a good run out of Perth and the further we got from Perth the quieter the road got, after a few hours
we just seemed to be sharing the road with other travelers and trucks. From Perth to Kalgoorlie is a pipeline that runs
the entire length, we named him Peter the pipe.
The car was booked in for service in Kalgoorlie but when we got there the Mitsubishi dealer would not service the car as
it had only done 550kms he said we should try and get in at Port Augusta. We stayed at the Goldminer camp site in
Kalgoorlie instead of travellling back to Coolgardie, and cracked open a few tins of all day breakfast, it was O.K I think
we were so hungry we would have eaten anything, it was absolutely the noisiest place we have ever tried to sleep the
trucks kept rolling by all night and planes landing at the airport, but all things considered we slept O.K. Gav drove
today. Tent erection time 24 mins not too bad but watch this space !!!!
Today, we set off for Cairns at 5:45am, todays destination Coolgardie, it was still dark and freezing but even so, we had
to do what we had to do, heading through the door at Jan and Les's house was daunting,we all felt a bit nervous but
excited as well, had a good run out of Perth and the further we got from Perth the quieter the road got, after a few hours
we just seemed to be sharing the road with other travelers and trucks. From Perth to Kalgoorlie is a pipeline that runs
the entire length, we named him Peter the pipe.
The car was booked in for service in Kalgoorlie but when we got there the Mitsubishi dealer would not service the car as
it had only done 550kms he said we should try and get in at Port Augusta. We stayed at the Goldminer camp site in
Kalgoorlie instead of travellling back to Coolgardie, and cracked open a few tins of all day breakfast, it was O.K I think
we were so hungry we would have eaten anything, it was absolutely the noisiest place we have ever tried to sleep the
trucks kept rolling by all night and planes landing at the airport, but all things considered we slept O.K. Gav drove
today. Tent erection time 24 mins not too bad but watch this space !!!!
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