The time for
us to depart on our trip has been brought forward as we received exciting news that
our 14th grand child will be arriving at the end of September and we
need to be back home at least two weeks before then. It is fast approaching,
with only 70 days remaining before we bid our nest farewell, activate the Memory Map and depart with our trusty Terracan and Snowy Caravan. By moving our
departure date from 1st August to 19th July we have in
effect gained four days as the first is a Friday, this will allow us to spend
at least two full days in Broken Hill on our return. The reason for the strange
deviation from the normal route is that we will be able to do some research on
the family tree. Why there you may well ask? The reason is that Kathleen’s mum
was born there, the house she lived in until she was 11 years old still stands
and is someone’s home today, so what better place to do research? We have
visited Broken Hill twice before for a few days so have seen most of the sites,
this time our visit will be dedicated to research, should be interesting.
Using Memory
Map and the Camps App on my iPad to find where to night stop I have spent the
last week or so checking out the caravan parks and made bookings as far as the Pinnacleswhich is some 200 Km from Perth. I also found a great free App for things to do
and see in WA, it has directions and distance from your current position as
well as photos of the location, it’s like having an information center on your
iPad, one has the choice of downloading a file so when you do not have internet
connection you can still do research. As we are driving Kathleen will be able
to enter to next town and we can decide what we wish to visit. It would be
great if the other states had the same App, it sure would make life easier.
We have
decided to visit Marble Bar a town in the Pilbara region of north-western
Western Australia. It is well known for its extremely hot weather, and is
reported to be the hottest town in Australia. The town set a world temperature
record for the most consecutive days of 37.8 °C or above, during a period of
160 days from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924.During December and January,
temperatures in excess of 45 °C are common, as we will be there in August it
will not be too hot, should be about 30
Until next time ............................. Give what you can
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