While at Tangadee, we did the windmill runs with a passenger!  May was a constant companion for  the drive LOL   and she takes a mean selfie!!

She also loves to look out for roos but is a bit pushy taking up most of the bench seat and shoving me into the door haha

Bun said that we have all the 'essentials' here, dog, gun, knife and there was also a roll of toilet paper LOL

These photos were taken at the outcamp where they will be mustering shortly, we loved the 'ensuite' in this room :)

They use the bed frames with their swags but Bun was intrigued about the one set well away from these ones, he thought it might be for the 'snorer'!

It was funny watching the 'babies', they really kick their legs up when they decide to move!

There are wild camels and donkeys on the station too, but I wasn't able to get a photo of the donkeys.

We left Tangadee last Monday and came through Marble Bar on the way to Wallareenya Station below Pt Hedland.  We've been doing some gardening and cooking here since then but will be heading off from here on Thursday so I'll update with more photos after that.

Cheers!

 We left Port Hedland 2 weeks ago and stopped overnight before getting to Newman, as always there's a clown in every crowd :)   Funnily enough, his favourite hat blew off just after this shot and I thought it was going to go right down the cliff edge but he managed to save it!

We had a quick chat to Tom while we were up the side of the hill, the only way to get service.  Not really sure if we will be able to catch up with Tom while we are in the vicinity, between his roster and us getting away from the station.

There were two of these big buggers on the road ahead of us, at 10.5metres it would have been a while before we got past, lucky for us they pulled over to fuel up!

This was just after we turned off the highway towards Tangadee.  We are about 100kms south of Newman on the highway and then about 100kms on the dirt heading west.  Really out in the middle of nowhere :)

Joan and her sister Phillipa who is visiting from the UK.

This is May, about 13 yrs old, who stays at this station.  Everyone was around for the first week but then they all left to go to one of the other properties up near Port Hedland.  They are mustering up there at the moment before heading south again.  They also own the property next door, Mt Vernon.  This one is approx 450,000 acres and Mt Vernon is approx 1,000,000 acres.  

Last Friday we went into Newman with Jade, a pommy backpacker who is working as a cook for a mining crew at Mt Vernon for the next few weeks.  We did the shopping run with her and the truck was full of groceries.  There were 4 very full trollies and the back of the truck was full of eskies, while the tool boxes looked like a mobile supermarket.  We left here at 7.30am and got back at 5pm, we grabbed a few things for overnight and then drove to Mt Vernon, arriving there at 8pm.  Then it was a case of unpack everything into the coolroom and then we stayed there for the night.  A LONG day!!

When we head to town for our shopping at the end of next week, at least we only have to make it back to this station :)

We had a rainy day last Sunday, it drizzled all day really for only 10mls.  Monday was freezing though and I don't think I felt warm all day.

Tuesday and Wednesday are the bore runs.  The west side takes about 4 hours and the east side about 5 or so hours.  May comes along for the ride and begs for scraps of course :)

The countryside changes a lot and there are so many creek beds and river beds.  We said it would be amazing to see it all running but I wouldn't really like to be stuck here at the same time LOL

Wednesday we stopped in a creek bed and had our first campfire meal this trip.  Tough job but someone's got to do it :)

Thursday mornings we have to meet the mail plane!  The 'bull-catcher' is air-conditioned haha

The horse yards, sheds, verandahs, donkey heater, etc have all been partly constructed using pipes that were 'leftover' from a mine somewhere in the vicinity, so a great job of recycling!!

The hot water comes from the donkey heater so Bun has been busy collecting wood and chopping, handy on the cold mornings!

I've got some bread rising at the moment and after that's cooked, we are going to drive out to the Spring.  It's a permanent waterhole that always has a certain amount of water trickling into it however sometimes there's a LOT.  Hopefully I can remember how to get there as Bun hasn't been out there yet.  We have to take a sat phone whenever we head off, just in case we get lost :))

We're not really sure how many weeks we'll be here, in depends on how long the mustering takes up north and whether they still need us around while they muster at Mt Vernon.  We are keeping busy doing some yard work and tidying, maybe a little painting might happen too.

Josh and Kara are settled back in the Riverland now, they moved into a house down near the lake in Barmera and Josh started work on Monday at Morelli's.

Ben is off to the snow this weekend so hopefully he will enjoy the big snowfalls they've had this week.

Callie has decided that she would like to become a consultant with Thermomix too.  I'm sure she will do well because she is loving it so much,  she says 'it completes her life' hahaha

I'd better go check the bread dough so that's it for now.

Cheers

Anne

We spent a few days at Karratha and checked out Dampier and the Red Dog statue.

I would love to see the little creatures that create these masterpieces in action! As Bun put it, so much work that gets washed away hahaha

When we left Karratha, we needed to waste a few days as the truck service in Port Hedland wasnt able to be done until yesterday.  So we wandered along VERY slowly and stayed in a few free camps.  Then we stayed for two nights at Indee Station, about 50kms out of Port Hedland off the road to Newman.

 There's a mining camp on the station as well as the tourist trade.  They started mustering the day after we got there but it's all done well away from where we were.  The station is 450,000 acres.

The river that runs through the station looks like this at the moment but must look amazing when it runs!

We got into Port Hedland on Sunday and have had a slow time here waiting for the truck service to be done.  We are going to leave today but are waiting for the wind to die down a bit, hopefully after lunch.  We are going to Newman today and will be meeting up with a station owner, Joan on Friday or Saturday.  We are going to be caretaking out on Tangadee Station for about 8 weeks!!  It is south-west of Newman, about 3 hours out.  Bun will be doing a bore-run once a fortnight but apart from that, we don't know much at the moment.  It's all part of the adventure!  Apparently there is phone and internet service but I highly doubt that there's much else :)

Lucky I have plenty of sewing and crochet projects with me, Steven has already asked for more beanies LOL.

Another great sunset, just for DAD!

Bun counted 27 ships sitting just out of the harbour, there were more in the harbour!

I made my own peanut butter!  And I had a shot at making some wholemeal bread!

I love the frangipani flowers!  They are everywhere near the coast, Kara wants us to chop a tree down and bring it back for her LOL.

I think that's it for now, we haven't done much since the last update.  I should have lots more information and photos once we've been on the station for a while.

Cheers

Anne