Wed 27 Sept 2013 – Roebuck and on to Millstream, Chichester National Parks

We headed back to the town of Roeborne for a toilet stop and had breakfast in the little park. They have a tiny Visitor's Centre in the old prison but it's the best one we've been to. The staff were so helpful and they have drinking water available and a washing machine. 

We set off inland towards Karijini National Park along an unsurfaced road and then realised that the road took us through another National Park called Millstream Chichester. The road was so pretty with beautiful scenery and lots of wild flowers. The Milstream part of the Park is a wetland, which is unusual in the Pilbara. They take water from here to supply all the local towns with water, it's chlorinated here and then transported in a big pipeline.

Lots of beautiful wildflowers

We visited Python Pool and the Fortesque River

First we visited the old homestead, from when it was a sheep and cattle station. On the wall was a framed drawing of the property done by a 12yr old boy who lived there in the 1930s. 

They've made a walking trail over the property, showing the things on the map, It would have been a really lovely place to live, with plenty of water to drink, swim and irrigate a market garden and a grove of date palms for shade. They even had a tennis court made of crumbled up termite mounds!

The camping area was right next to the river and there was also a fast running creek where we had fun sitting in the rapids. 



Rodger went fishing and caught a huge cat fish of several kilos and over 50cm long - at last a major catch! Unfortunately, although we cooked it in foil, just like the Sooty Grunters, it was as tough as old boots!