I was on the bike at 6.30 am and rocked all the way to PH with wind assistance. Rode the whole 80 km with only a couple of short breaks to drink and eat - fruitcake and mandarins.
Look Lisa - No train!
I was at PH just after 10.00 am and passed the airport so I switched on the phone. Message from Tony to say he was landing at 4.15 pm.
Stopped and chatted to a fellow Bulldogs supporter just near the big Rio Tinto Salt stockpile. Had a lovely chat. Heard we had a good win against the bombers but that Easton-Wood is out with an ankle injury. Bont is the new stand-in captain!
Stopped and chatted to a fellow Bulldogs supporter just near the big Rio Tinto Salt stockpile. Had a lovely chat. Heard we had a good win against the bombers but that Easton-Wood is out with an ankle injury. Bont is the new stand-in captain!
Rio Tinto Salt stockpile at Port Hedland
Rode on to small shopping centre and had a coffee and some lunch before heading back to a caravan park opposite the airport. Cheap and full of permanents working in PH but had all the facilities I need, showers, laundry, all you can eat buffet!
4.30 pm I rang Tony, he had landed and was already assembling his bike so I rode over to find him at the airport. A little while later we headed back to the caravan park.
We camped next to a permanent caravan occupied by a Thai lady, Tom who works for Qantas and BP. She works here to send money home to support her family including her 90 year old mother.
Tom invited us for dinner and cooked us some lovely fried rice. She plans to finish working here in a few years and go home. Despite getting cheap fares from her QANTAS job she hasn’t visited other parts of Australia.
Later we went and found the buffet but just has an ice-cream cone before bed
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