Take 3 - WA or Bust

Hi Everyone,

I'm determined to have some me time and discover more of Aus. Pilbara is on top of my bucket list. So it's 3rd time lucky. I've had my fill of 3's at the moment. I have spent $1,000's on cars and bikes over the past 2 months, either fixing them or getting them ready for the trips. (3 major / costly fixes already paid for). My yamaha still has another $3-4K to be spent since it sh$%& itself just south of Darwin. That's a spending spree I will need to undertake when I get back. "For Sale" if anyone wants it :)  

I left at 5.15am this morning heading for Port Pirie, however unlike my previous two attempts, I am travelling by car. The motorbikes have been retired to the shed. On the previous trip, the 975 km's (Port Pirie to home) took 12 hours and to be honest, we did go a little :) above the speed limit. Today, it took 11 hrs and I was typically only 4-5 km above the sign posted speed limit. Not filling up every 200-300 kms makes a huge time / distance difference.

"Pink Lakes"

Near Nhill Vic. The colour of the water is spectacular. I hear they use this water to give the red smarties their colour :)

Port Pirie - one of the jetties which is next to the caravan park. Flinders Ranges in the background. This bay area is a little isolated with shark nets and a rock wall only allowing fish to come and go on very high tides. 

Low tide and the water depth was about 1-2 mtrs around the jetty. A local lad was walking up and down the jetty looking intently in the water. I inquired"what are you looking for?" To my surprise he said he was looking for King Fish. There was a school of Kingies trapped in the bay area and  they ranged up to 1 mtr in length, They caught and landed a small a 66cm Kingie a few days ago, but were hoping to score the big one. The big issue they have is the Kingie coming back to the jetty and tangling the line on the jetty pylons. Good bye fish.