Leave Broome at 6.30am head for the first stop which is a roadside stop organised by the support crew for those that need fuel, I have decided to carry 4 litres so we don't have to wait for the support crew if we are in front of them which has happened a few times.
It's hard to believe that after so much straight road across the top of Australia we have encountered unbelievably long and straight stretches down the west coast but here the temp varies so much one minute you can feel the heat coming up under the helmet from the road the next you can smell the salt of the sea which is close by and the temp drops, the variance's are huge.
The straights are incredible we set the throttle locks and the speed drops off because there is a slight incline in the road then when you finish that straight and top the crest there is another 20 or 30 klm's of straight road waiting for you on the other side, very boring and hard to deal with, a lot of bikes have had the rear tyres changed and the ones that haven't are waiting to get to Perth to do so, the flat spots on most rear tyres are incredible.
The most significant change in the landscape is that there are no hills or mountains in this section just huge parcels of open grazing land that goes on to the horizon on each side of the road.
We stopped at Sandfire roadhouse for breakfast and fuel, interesting breakfast, a huge home made sausage roll and a water to keep the hydration up.
Then onto Pardoo Roadhouse for another fuel stop and more water then into Port Headland for the overnight accommodation at the Hamilton Motel which is owned and run by one of the mining companies, its easy to tell as there are mining vehicles everywhere but the accommodation is good and the rooms are fully equipped with washing machines and dryers in each, the dinner was great and the kitchen will be open for us at 4.30 in the morning which is good as we have 870 klm's to do tomorrow.
Total Klms todate 7,214 klm's
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