I wished Terry a happy birthday as we packed up the trailer once more. Jenny and Peter came down to say goodbye and to tell us that there was more rain coming in the nest few days. The station manager was going in to Onslow and he suggested that we take the Macedon Gas Plant road to enable us to be sure that we could get out safely – which we did.

The lake near our had finally dried up

After a brief look at Onslow we set off for Karatha and some shopping. We hit the road again and drove until after dark, stopping at Balla Balla  campgrounds near Whim Creek  for the night. We unpacked as little as possible and didn’t even need the stove as we had bought a cooked chicken at Karatha for tea.