Fun @ Fitzroy

Anyone remember this handsome gentleman? Clue: Mt. Isa

 He shouted us a great meal at THE ISA pub.

If some of you won’t drive off the ‘black top’, or where there’s no mobile phone signal, then the Canning Stock Route is not for you. Norm & Gail, friends from w-a-a-a-a-y back, have just completed it from south to north, i.e. Wiluna to Hall’s Creek. They’ve joined us in Fitzroy Crossing to recuperate.

 And in the morning, he says: Did you hear the Barking Owl in the night? No, I didn’t. It was a real hoot, he says!

When we arrived at Fitzroy Crossing we booked for two days. We’ve stayed two weeks! [NOTE TO SELF: Go to office and pay for the extra twelve days.] It's been great going back to my old working station, Fossil Downs, and catching up with others who were there:

Kathleen worked in the "Big House" too.

It’s the Marble Bar races this weekend. “How are the arrangements going?” asks the ABC interviewer “Everything’s on track” replies the organizer.

The Winnebago of friends had to be recovered from Fitzroy Crossing and taken back to Broome. All that was required to make it go was a sensor. “You can’t get them in Broome or Perth”, they said. “There’s none in Canberra either” was his smart remark.