Day 54 - Cane River to Karratha

They ran out of drinking water because it is so dry out there. So it is a good time to leave the serenity of the dry river bed by the highway. One of the other reasons why they did not stray too far from the highway is the bikes do not handle the sandy off road conditions very well when they are fitted with highway tyres.

. Later - picture this, a section of the highway referred to as the 'wildflower highway'. Hundreds of tiny purple and yellow wildflowers, then interspersed among them less frequently are vivid red wildflowers. Sounds absolutely gorgeous to me.




They reach Karratha in great time and head onto Dampier to check it out. Apparently the ocean is an amazing crystal blue