Before leaving Denham, we dropped by the water filling station. Many towns that don’t have available drinking water because it is bore water provide water for tourists. While we have been travelling we have been buying our drinking water which has greatly added to our travelling costs. So to come across these water dispensers is really great. We bought 40 litres for $2, running and filling all our containers before it turned off. It tastes great too so there is no worry about getting sub-standard drinking water.

The advent calendar revealed a treat for Caleb today. He got to travel all day in the front seat of the car. It meant that I was delegated to the back seat for the day not only for the 300km drive but the town exploring that we did when we arrived in Kalbarri. He thought he was King of the Road and used every opportunity to rub it in, moving his chair back into my legs and laying his chair down and giggling to himself all the time. Who’s idea was this?
I sat in the back and read a book on my iPad that I had been wanting to read for a while but I always feel a bit guilty reading while Ray drives the long distances. I offer to drive on a daily basis but he always politely declines. The one day that I jumped into the drivers seat and didn’t give him an option, I got so many complaints about my driving, speed, caravan towing that I pulled over and got out. I haven’t tried again.
Anyway I sat in the back reading a book that Cayla in my (old) grade recommended to me. The Forsaken. It was a great read and I nearly finished it.

We arrived in Kalbarri and took a look around. Kalbarri is a town of approximately 2000 people and is a crayfish port. It is clearly surviving on the tourist dollar as the number of apartments and resorts is huge. We stopped by one of the 3 fish and chip shops to check out the prices. $2.00 for a dim sim and $3.00 for a chicken flavoured dim sim. So that’s how they make their money. The dearest we had seen so far was in Broome. At $2.50 for a dim sim and the cheapest piece of cooked fish was $9.50 (hoki). Snapper was $12 a piece. I don’t understand why. These towns are all right on the coast and known for the fishing industries which many towns were built upon. We thought it would be much cheaper.
We drove to a couple of lookouts before returning to the van. The weather here is much cooler than we are used to and I need to find some long pants and tops in the stash that I have brought from Melbourne for the night time temperatures.