Once out on the road we were held up for just over 20 minutes in a convoy as the road in front was being repaved , time to rip out the eighties music , kids love that don't they - not!.
Today was mostly a transit day with nearly 500 Kms to go to get to degrey river where we had heard it was a nice spot down on the river bank to camp.
Our first stop was 11 o'clock at Stanley rest area quite a large area with plenty of shade and two sets of drop toilets , not really our cup of tea but it would make a decent overnighter .
Drinks and a snack later we were back on the great northern hwy.
Kids were happy playing iPads and such or watching a DVDs .
We pulled over at mile beach for a swim and some lunch .
What a magic area this was , although the caravan park next looked packed .
We enjoyed fresh salad wraps and cold drinks then took off down to the shelly shores of 80 mile beach , where with a little trepidation I went for a swim alert for crocs and sharks as it was apparently
a popular shark location due to fishing .
No issues with either here and we played for quite awhile in the surf , dash and I having an absolute blast chasing little surface swimming fish which jumped out of the water over the waves to escape us , I tried to catch it on the go pro camera but I won't embarrass myself with the footage .
Showered off under a fresh water tap/ shower near the Carpark and we set off again for de grey river .
We called in at Pardoo roadhouse and forked over some hard earned for the ridiculous price of $2.00 per litre so I only got just enough to get us to Port Hedland .
70 odd Kms later we arrived at de grey river rest area.
The top area with the free wifi ( quite handy ) and two toilet blocks and dump points was were quite a few had setup but the shady river area was much better for us away from anyone so kids could play in peace and hopefully catch a fish .
We found a grassy semi shaded area suited to solar charging with our panel on a lead and setup our awning and toilet with the canvas walls nearby.
The Webber took pride of place here as we planned on staying a few days and bake cookies bread and a roast.
While not the best location for a sunset it was still quite nice.
There wasn't a river flowing as such but the pools were still quite large and we wondered about crocs .
I set up a swing rope for the kids and set about tea just as the bugs kicked in , doh!
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