Barn Hill Station

Wednesday 17th June
By the time I woke up and got out of the caravan Ron had already got the campfire going and we invited Matt and Paul (the bike riders we met yesterday) to join us for campfire pancakes. They were both very appreciative of the pancakes as their limited luggage space didn't give them a lot of variety in foods. We had the campfire out in no time and were back on our track north with GPS showing Broome only 600km away. A quick stop at Pardoo Roahouse were we got the most expensive Diesel on our trip so far ($1.61/lt). Sandfire Roadhouse (see Termite Hill photo) was much cheaper at only $1.50/lt. We've been experiencing a lot of headwind today so our fuel economy is somewhere between 22-24 lt/100km.
About 200km after Sandfire Roadhouse we found the sign to Barn Hill Station and turned left onto the soft red sand track which goes straight out to the coast. As this is a working cattle station we had to go through a few gates along the 9km track before we arrived at the station which located right on the coast line.
Our site is a great shady spot located right opposite the toilets and washing machine - very important with kids.
Tonight I'm sitting outside the caravan at 10:30pm in shorts as the temperature is a nice 20°C. Daytime temperature was 31°C today - I think we have finally reached that nice northern winter weather now that we are less than 200km away from Broome. The caravan park has fallen silent (they all go to bed early here) and the only noise around are waves cashing onto the beach with a big thundering roar. Tomorrow we shall go and explore the coast.