Relaxing on the station

Thursday 18th June
Today we celebrate the completion of our first month on the road. We have done over 9000km in the car and stayed in many different places. We have experienced everything from Rain and Hail to Sunshine and high Humidity. We have used the electric heater but also the air conditioner.
It doesn't really seem like one month of our holiday is already gone but the calendar doesn't lie. The caravan seems to be big enough for us, everyone is coping pretty well and is enjoying the adventure so far.
Our current location is absolutely wonderful. Barn Hill is a working cattle station which runs 8000 head of Brahmen for the live export market on 202,000ha of land. The Station is a pretty big concern but the family has 10 children and most of them either run or help on the station. The camping/caravan facility runs from April to November and is closed during the wet/cyclone season. Many of the people in the caravan park are regulars from Perth which stay for 3 month or more during the winter, but there are also a few Victorians in the regular crowd.
The climate is absolutely perfect - Daytime nice and warm for swimming, nights very mild without a hint of tropical humidity - the washing even dries on the line overnight. The amenities are unisex and some have no roof so one can shower (or sit and contemplate) under the stars.
They bake Bread, make Pizza's, Pies and Sausage rolls on the station and a very small shop sells milk, bread and a few other basics.
We had a lazy sort of a day today, a bit of school work in the morning then a bit of chat and some domestic chores, some fresh hot bread for lunch, a bit of surf fishing in the afternoon, Pizza for tea and the day is over before we even know it.
From the caravan area the land drops about 30 feet down to the beach. Stairs make it easy to get down and the wide beach makes for an interesting colour transition from the red soil to the white sand into the blue water.
Broome is some distance across the water (out of sight) but at the elevated position on the waterside the Phone reception is quite good. So I take my laptop, find a nice spot with view over the ocean, connect to the Internet, and that's my office for an hour or so.
I think I could get use to this lifestyle ....