Day 48 Saturday 30th July

Day 48 Saturday 30th July

This morning we were all busy with jobs. The boys worked on the vehicles giving them an oil change. Once this had been completed Rob headed off to do some stocking up of food and drinks as on Monday we will be arriving in Coral Bay and the shopping there is a bit limited. I did some washing which caused a bit of a flood in the van and meant Rob and Paul  had another little job to do, fixing the drainage of the van. I also did some cooking of slices and a cake. Later in the afternoon we all went to the FeNACLNG festival that was held at a large sports ground. It was very much like our Royal Adelaide Show with showbags, rides, amusements, car, camping, caravan displays, food vans, entertainment on a stage etc . etc.  Unlike most agricultural shows the entrance was completely free because it was sponsored by the big mining companies including Rio Tinto, Woodside etc. The word FeNaCLNG are the chemical symbols for iron (Fe), NaCL is salt and NG is natural gas which are the 3 main exports out of Karratha and it's surrounding areas. This was the 44 year of the festival. I think most of the population of Karratha was there. We had a good look around and listened to the WA police pipe band. They were pretty good. We stayed for dinner and then headed back to our caravans.