Fri 30 Aug 2013 – Exploring Wyndham

It was so nice to sleep in this morning and not have to rush when we got up. We had a leisurely breakfast and used the washing machine for our sheets, towels and dusty, sweaty walking clothes. We set off to look at the Old Town down near the Port. Rodger was very impressed with a new wharf they've built, especially for recreational fishing.

Most of the buildings are derelict but one old shed has been turned into really nice cafe. Rodger had a mango smoothie and, because I couldn't have the milk, I had a small cube of frozen mango and a canned drink. This was a big treat, as we haven' t even seen a cafe since we left Bondi.

We did the tourist thing and visited the big crocodile - my grandchildren would love this one!

and then went backs the lookout to see the rivers at high tide. It was good to see it in daylight and be able to pick out each river. Most of the land around Wyndham is vast tidal flats, edged with mangroves, like long tentacles, reaching deep into the flats.

We had a good view of the docks and all the road trains delivering loads of iron ore and nickel. This is loaded onto barges by conveyors and then transferred to large cargo ships that cannot come into dock because there's so much silt near the banks. They also still ship some live cattle from here.

From the lookout you could also see the new part of Wyndham spreading out below

Looks like they are building some modern housing commission houses too - looks great!

 When we arrived back, with a big load of shopping, we made the unpleasant discovery that, because it had been open all night, our fridge was too iced up to close the door. At least it was a good place to defrost it, as we could put all the food in the camp kitchen until it was done.

It was lovely to be able to talk to all our friends at FNG on Skype this evening. Again we had dinner with Laura & Ben and Steve.