Gascoyne River (Middle Branch) Campground and Karalundi Caravan and Camping Park

At Gascoyne River we were fortunate to get a spot right on the river. Although the water next to us was part of a large pool, with dry river bed at both ends, it seemed very alive, with ripples caused by the breeze and the occasional diving willie wag tail. Perhaps the wagtail wasn’t actually diving, but I saw it hit the water a couple of times and cause ripples. There were a lot of insects flying around and we saw, briefly, quite a few magpies. With other birds we just heard the calls.

So, it was a beautiful spot to overnight. In the morning it was initally sunny, then clouds came over and stayed for the first part of our journey south. We haven’t really seen clouds since a couple of days in Darwin, so we liked it being cloudy.

The afternoon and morning temperatures were cool enought to be quite comfortable for us, a relief after the heat. We notice that even Meekatharra may reach temperatures over 35 early next week, an incentive to head southwards again.

Yesterday I wanted to do some washing and get our batteries charged up. We found a little caravan park that is located at an Indigenous boarding school. It is small enough that the camper’s kitchen and facilities are close by. There is only one washing machine, but I still managed to get a load of washing done and hung on the line. It feels strange to be surrounded by people in caravans after our fairly isolated couple of nights getting here.

We are about 55ks from Meekatharra where we can shop and get fuel for the next stage of the journey.