Making ur way along the coast towards Karratha, we stopeped at Roebourne and visited an old jail/prison. It was used until 1984 and was a stone building with 69 inmates and not mod-cons or even and inside toilet. The men we put to work on the land and roads. We walked in an a man was atlking to the reception about being one of the last inmates in 1984 on a driving offence. It was real hot and the old prison was nice to look around but I betit was bad to be there then. Visited an old town now a rebuilt tourist attraction called Cossack. It was a nice town, nice to see how it would have looked 150 years ago in this area. We drove to the lookout, which gave us 360' degree view of the whole area.
At Samsons Point we were going to drive further to Honeycomb bay and do some snorkelling, but we found a pin hole leak in the radiator. We drove to Karratha, the nearest big town to get it checked out. Feeling really down at this point...another thing to pay for.
We asked at a few places to have a look at the leak and they were saying it would be about 4-5 weeks before they could even look at it, thats not even to start repairs.
Finally found a garage and they quoted us $1000 and booked us in for Wednesday morning. We had no choice as the next big town was about 1800km south. So we're here for they time being. Checked into a small transit campsite in Dampier. We thouhgt about working in Karratha, but decided to leave it and still work in Perth. We made a for sale sign for the van today.
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Reading this now, it must have been a really bleak time for you. Glad it is all over and done with. The van is now a fond memory for you both.
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