We spent two nights in Merredin. There were showers, some heavy rain and lots of strong wind. Stephen’s cold had freshened up and we mostly spent time in the van waiting things out. I did a load of washing at their excellent small laundry and, as we were running out of food, went to the service station next door for takeaway food. It wasn’t that good, but made a change for us. We had noodles, peas and tuna for tea and actually considered it to be a very tasty meal.

By Sunday morning I really wanted to move and we did all of our tasks before 10.00 a.m., then went into the town centre for shopping. I bought more food than usual due to the sense of deprivation (not real, just ‘sense of’) and we felt really well stocked up. We came to Eaglestone Rock Campground, intending to stay here for lunch and head on to Mukinbudin, but it is so nice to be in the bush again that we decided to stay the night. Then, another night. So, here it is, Tuesday morning and today we really will pack up and move on.

There don’t appear to be any designated walks here, though if it is dryer a walk around the lake would work. Did I mention that as well as a substantial granite outgroup we are on the edge of Campion Lake, which is part of a salt lake system in the area. There isn’t much water in the lake, but the heavy rain means it’s a bit soft and muddy at the edges.

This is quite a popular campground, though a lot of people have left and only a couple of new campers have arrived. We just noticed a woman riding an electric scooter coming from the caravan near to us. Just shows you don’t have to be fully fit to travel in a caravan. Her husband favours a bicycle. They have a very long caravan and their dual cab ute has a large tray at the back, we assume that is where the scooter travels.

Although it was sunny yesterday and we woke up to sunshine today the cold wind makes it rather challenging to go out, especially for Stephen who still has cold symptoms. He chose the middle of the day for a walk yesterday and would have been out for at least an hour, so not too bad for an invalid.

We do have wildflowers here, some patches of everlastings and many others.