Close Call, Rain and Other Things.

After riding out the remnants of cyclone Yassi in Mt Isa last year we find ourselves this year the target of another cyclone. Cyclone Lua in Broome. I am at the mine site at the moment and poor Tracey is in Broome hunkered down in the van riding it out.




As you can see by the picture from the BOM, she was a close call all the locals say this is common and took it in their stride in Broome, stocking up on alcohol. Trace reports everything is alright and that it's a bit blowy. Bit stressful being here and Tracey being in Broome.

It's been raining heaps out here at the mine site as well due to a tropical low. It will be interesting to see if we get out on Wednesday morning. The plans can't land and the two 4WD buses we use in the wet are broken, so people have been driving to Derby in the landcruisers. That will be an interesting trip down the Gibb across some of the flood plains!

I have one more shift out here at the beginning of April and that's it, all done. We sold the 76 series landcruiser and purchased the 200 series. She is waiting at the moment in Brisbane for me to fly over and pick up, then scoot back to Broome an hitch up to hit the road again. This time we are going back to Brisbane to catch up with friends and family. Not looking forward to getting back to the big smoke.