We left our camp at South Hedland and stopped in town for fuel and supplies. Then headed north in the direction of Broome. We had no plans to drive that far, it was about 630kms. Instead we thought we’d free camp somewhere near Sandfire Roadhouse.We love to camp off grid but had been a bit wary because of our power issue. As it turned out, the change of fuses at Wooramel had fixed the problem.
The drive was easy, a fairly straight, flat and quiet road, the surrounding countryside was also very flat. We pulled in at Sandfire Roadhouse to refuel. It was very hot being the middle of the day, and we hoped to find a camping spot with shade. So we kept going.
It was close to 3pm when we arrived at the Stanley Rest Area. As we drove in, we remembered having stayed there before. The area allowed overnight camping, had shade and drop toilets. There was space for about twenty caravans but we were the only ones there.It was a perfect evening.
John made burgers and we had them with a glass of wine while watching the sun set and the sky turn various shades of orange and red. It was beautiful. And so quiet.One of my favourite things to do is sit in the dark and look at the stars. Being so far away from any towns, the stars were prolific and magnificent.
John retired to bed but I couldn’t bring myself to leave. The temperature was perfect, there was not a breath of wind and there were so many stars in the sky as well as a couple of satellites. It was bliss. Eventually though, the mosquitoes started to bite and I had to drag myself to bed. Earlier in the evening there had been hundreds of dragonflies which had kept the mossies away. But even they had gone to bed.
There’s nothing like sleeping in total silence in the pitch black.
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