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After a later than planned start due to packing taking a couple of hours longer than I planned, I got on the road. By this stage Neal and Amber were two hours ahead of me in their truck Brienne, an ugly blond hilux that may be familiar from the #RescueRanger entry.
I made a quick loop North to Joondalup and grabbed some last minute supplies (beer and food) and then started the drive proper, overtaking mining equipment that was going around 30kmh whenever I could. The next stop was Dalwallinu for fuel, where a local kindly pointed out the turn off for Great Northern Highway in the next town along. This was to be my last turn for the day.
Out of Dalwallinu it was a long drive to the next stop, Mount Magnet, for fuel. This was only interrupted by overtaking road trains and more mining equipment. It’s hard to convey the size of this stuff other than to say that in Deadpools words I was wearing the wrong coloured trousers for overtaking things this size.
From Mt Magnet it was more of the same, stopping at Meekatharra for fuel, and getting the information that I was now about an hour behind Brienne’s intrepid crew who had stopped at a 24 hour camping spot.
Another 55 minutes on the road and I was behind my last road train for the night and spotted a kangaroo in the bush. 5 more minutes and I was in the camping area, welcomed by a small fire and chicken wraps. Happy Days!
