Pilbara Poem By Olivia Darcey The dust is red But so is our bed Too many people for the car And the problem is we are going quite far . So we bring another one That doubles up the fun We see some mulla mulla on the side of the road And we also see a cane toad . Lots and lots of iron ore Fidge cooks some slice I just want more We catch some yabby Their tails are flabby . The dog called Nullarbor Had a saw paw It was only a prickle After Archie...

Day 55 - Tom Price. Friday 1st September. JD- As Tim and Fidge had work (heard Tim's V8 Landcruiser burble off at 5.30am) we planned a cruisey morning up until 2pm at which point thanks to Chris and Lucy (Onslow) Betterley we were to be collected from the Visitor Centre for a tour of the Tom Price mine. Tom Price, the town, was constructed in 1962 to house the mine workers and is almost entirely owned by Rio Tinto, apart from a handful of houses that were sold ...

Day 54 Thursday 31 August JD- As nice as it was at Pardoo Station we couldn't stick around. Today's mission was to check out Port Hedland (130kms away), pick up some fresh bread and then make a bee line to Tom Price (420kms away) to catch up with the Agnew's. One of Nicole's close mates, Georgie Eastoe, was once a Port Hedland local. Her husband Craig still flys in and out of the port to steer the massive ships into the inlet. Instead of a stop at the Visitor ...

Day 53! (One of our longest!) Wednesday 30 August . Grace strikes again! For another unexplained reason (although it seems it is consistent with moving on) Grace is in one of her moods and we are all paying for it! . We left our little pool side oasis at Cable Beach and headed to get the required supplies for our road trip to Tom Price. It started before we even hit the road. . I don't think there's any benefit or need to go into the gorey details but let'...

Day 52 Tuesday 29th Another relaxing day! This time pool side.. I made a couple of attempts in vain to get the girls to do some Journal entries! No idea how they will ever catch up now! . The girls were more interested in playing with their friends Evie and Josh by the pool. . JD had a couple of bike trips into town to buy a gift for Archie, his Godson, whom he rarely does much about. First time he comes back with a leatherman, but Grace quickly informed h...