Mon 2 Sept 2013 - El Questro Wildlife Park – Zebedee Springs

In spite of our early night and the heat, we didn't wake until 8.00am - that's a big sleep in in WA, where the sun comes up at 5.30am!

We headed to Zebedee Springs, just a short, easy track to a hot water spring that flows down the gully in a series of pools. It's all completely shaded by Livistonia Palms, which only grow here and Purnalulu. We found a vacant spot under a water fall and enjoyed a lazy couple of hours, until they closed it at 12.00.

After lunch ,we drove around and explored, seeing the Chamberlain Gorge, which has a river running through it. Next we went to the junction of the Chamberlain and Pentecost Rivers for Rodger to get us a barra. Sadly the only bites he got were mozzie bites!

When we arrived back at the camping ground and Rodger went to put the roof up, he saw why this had been more difficult for the last couple of nights. As it was daylight, he saw that a whole bracket that holds the roof up had fallen off the passenger side. This was very bad news, but at least the bracket was still attached, hanging by one screw! It probably happened on the road from Purnalulu as it was very rough and corrugated. Rodger was able to get some more bolts from the maintenance shed and set about replacing it . It turned out to be an almost impossible task as there was no space to get a screwdriver in behind the screw while he tightened the bolt on the front. After many frustrating attempts, he achieved this by holding a drill piece in an adjustable spanner, while standing on a garbage bin so he could reach!

After this, he had another arduous task ,to tuck the canvas back into the surround, using a stubby screwdriver. This process took the whole evening. We were very glad it happened before we set out into the wilderness!