From Fremantle to Exmouth by the airways, from Exmouth to Broome by the highways and only now have I totally had it up to the proverbial "here" with bugs. After a great week of roadtrippin' with my reunited travel buddy and generally roughing it true traveller style we arrived in Broome (north Western Australia) for a pitstop to top up the Travel Treasury.
Roadtrip Part 1 was a gentle introduction to the ways of the road Aussie style. I finally saw the famous yellow diamond road signs warning of kangaroos and other such weird and wonderful observations for several kilometres, came face to face with the infamous road trains that stop for nothing and do lovely damage to windscreens if not careful, plus the unending roads for as far as the eyes can see and the unrelenting heat in red dust desert country with just shrubs and bushes for company. But it was grand - me, the travel buddy and the travel teddy on the open road with a motley music selection to break the monotony.
The heat is a very special 40 degrees and I am now sadly intimate with sweat and sweat patches (lovely?!) but after a while we moved to a site with a view of the turqouise paradise beach - what a great idea we thought......
Until an infestation of ants devoured all our food - carbohydrates only mind you - into unopened packs of food they burrowed and then to add insult to injury, a little team of cockroaches decided to join us every bloody night - arrggghhhh. Needless to say we weren't happy bunnies. So we moved. Air conditioned room, TV, movie channels, fridge, 3 meals a day cooked for us - pretty much like being at home really. Except we were working. But you can't have it all I guess. I think we deserved it for a while - there is only so much hoo-ha one can take before needing civilisation for a short period to regain one's sanity.....
And now the Great Teddy Roadtrip Part 2 is soon to commence...... (Did I mention we have an adopted African teddy??)
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