Distance travelled: 482 kms
Cumulative distance: 8811
Left Pardoo Station bright and early and negotiated the 13 kms of dirt road with no problems. Had breakfast at Pardoo roadhouse which was probably the best roadhouse we have been to so far. The food was excellent and the service great. A couple of german backpackers served us. They were at the end of their visas and were heading back to germany in a couple of months. 
The road from Pardoo to Broome has a reputation of being boring and it lived up to its name. At the sandfire roadhouse we saw this amazing rig. 
It was a full size Winebago plus trailer with 4WD, Quad bike and generator. This guy took his comforts seriously!!! We arrived in Broome at approx. 3pm and "Mabel" found our hosts with no problem. We are staying with Nathan and Michelle Sutherland for the next two nights. Nathan taught with Morag in Melbourne back in 2003. They have two boys Flynn aged 2 and Jarrah aged 4. Jarrah took a lot of interest in our helmets. 
Michelle is expecting a baby in the next few weeks. Morag was out on the town with some friends from her ill fated tour. Michelle cooked up a great asian meal of curry and various vegetable dishes. We arranged with a local motorcycle shop to have new tyres put on Colin's bike and an oil change done on mine. I didn't change my tyres to the knobby tyres I set to Broome as it looked as tough we weren't going to make the Gibb River road because of the rain. 
We went down to the beach to see the sunset which was spectacular. We rode our bikes on to the beach. 
There were three groups of camels taking tourists along the beach to see the sunset. Nathan has all sorts of puzzles and games so we spent the evening trying to solve them. Colin could do them OK but my brain was in neutral so I struggled.
The road from Pardoo to Broome has a reputation of being boring and it lived up to its name. At the sandfire roadhouse we saw this amazing rig. 
It was a full size Winebago plus trailer with 4WD, Quad bike and generator. This guy took his comforts seriously!!! We arrived in Broome at approx. 3pm and "Mabel" found our hosts with no problem. We are staying with Nathan and Michelle Sutherland for the next two nights. Nathan taught with Morag in Melbourne back in 2003. They have two boys Flynn aged 2 and Jarrah aged 4. Jarrah took a lot of interest in our helmets. 
Michelle is expecting a baby in the next few weeks. Morag was out on the town with some friends from her ill fated tour. Michelle cooked up a great asian meal of curry and various vegetable dishes. We arranged with a local motorcycle shop to have new tyres put on Colin's bike and an oil change done on mine. I didn't change my tyres to the knobby tyres I set to Broome as it looked as tough we weren't going to make the Gibb River road because of the rain. 
We went down to the beach to see the sunset which was spectacular. We rode our bikes on to the beach. 
There were three groups of camels taking tourists along the beach to see the sunset. Nathan has all sorts of puzzles and games so we spent the evening trying to solve them. Colin could do them OK but my brain was in neutral so I struggled.
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