Thierings on Tour

It was time to leave our beloved Broome, even though it feels like there is still so much to see around the area… we shall definitely be back!

We had a number of errands to run before hitting the West Coast and didn’t actually get out of town until much later than planned. The road down the coast looked like it was leading nowhere, but we were excited to get as far south as we could before heading to Karijini National Park tomorrrow.

We settled on Cape Keraudren as our stop for the night, but stopped to get fuel at Sandfire, where Chris made the unbelievable discovery that CV boot number 5 had busted and there was grease everywhere… honestly it’s hard to put into words the feeling of deflation that you feel and the helplessness 😭😩😥

Chris went into action mode and was under the car wrapping up the boot to stop any more grease from leaking out and fixing whatever he could. Our friends from Broome pulled up and Shane was straight under there with Chris, helping him. It’s so heartwarming to have the travel community that are always there to support each other, it was so appreciated!!

While we waited for the bush mechanics, we explored the area around the roadhouse a little. There were hundreds of road signs, caps and other quirky things hanging off the walls and ceiling. It helped to kill some time, that’s for sure.

When we finally got to Cape Keraudren it was getting close to sunset and a great one at that! Chris tried to make the most of last light to change the shaft (as we now always drive around with a spare). Everything took a lot longer and the boot or bolt was on so tight that he couldn’t in fact get it off to change it, again another gentleman stepped in to help, but they couldn’t get it off, so Chris had to rewrap it and think of another plan tomorrow…

It was an incredible view over the water and the moon was so bright. I know it wasn’t quite the right lunar phase for staircase to the moon, but it as pretty spectacular! The staircase to the moon phenomenon occurs when the full moon reflects on the mud flats at extremely low tides, something Chris and I saw last time on our travels, but the timing was off on this trip. However, this was up there and I was very grateful we got to enjoy it.

Let’s hope tomorrow brings solutions to our car woes!

Kms travelled – 472