Halls Creek to Willare Roadhouse

 We got up early to take advantage of the earlier sunrise. After an early breakfast we hit the road in light drizzle and a wet road. 

No traffic on the road made for easy going. In the distance we could see the edge of the low cloud bank that was engulfing us. 

The landscape between here and Fitzroy Crossing is spectacularly beautiful with piles of rocks piled up randomly as if they’d been bulldozed together but it was all completely together. 

There were a few escarpments that we weaved through and at one point we stopped at a lookout point. Staggeringly lovely. 

There have been a few recent fires, some controlled burnoffs and some clearly not. The rains we have had had extinguished them all but the burnt smell was very strong. 

Not much evidence of wildlife today, the only road incident was some idiot driving a road maggot waving his camera all about and forgot which side of the road he was supposed to be on. Richard!

We stopped for refreshments and gas at Fitzroy Crossing which doesn’t seem to have much to recommend it. 

Then it was off for the last 250km to our destination which is a roadhouse in the middle of nowhere. The scrub is noticeably thinner in this area and the roads are lined with termite mounds and baobab trees. 

The roadhouse is nice enough with a pool and restaurant so will be fine for one night. 

Somewhere along the way we clicked over 10000km since we left Melbourne. We’re getting there.