Wednesday 7th November 2001, Exmouth Oz.
So – today we spent mainly on the road between Carnavon and Exmouth (about 370km). We stopped briefly after the Minilyn Roadhouse to prepare sandwiches for lunch. Then, a few miles further north, we stopped again for a ‘Kodak moment’ as we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn.
Using a piece of cling-film (… sticky-back plastic, and an empty Fairy Liquid bottle …) in true Blue Peter style (John Noakes would be proud of us!), we secured the digital camera to the mesh windscreen guard, and set the timer …
Right, I’ve got the timer sorted …
After a bit of experimentation, we managed to get quite a good shot of us both beneath the sign.
We arrived in Exmouth about 3pm and immediately tracked down Dive Ventures to organise some scuba diving on Ningaloo Reef. They set us up with two days’ diving and pointed us in the direction of the Exmouth Tourist Village: a holiday campsite, but with whom Dive Ventures share a dive boat.
Thus organised, we had a cup of tea back at the van, and watched a pair of emus scavenging in the campsite dustbins.