Day 7 Kalgoorlie – Kulin

We had a long day of driving ahead of us today approx 550km. We started by playing 2 golf holes at Kalgoorlie and we were very pleased that we finally had fairways and greens that was grass not dirt and synthetic. We also got to meet the locals on the fairways when we started. After finishing the holes we had to find the Information centre which was back in town, think it would be easy……. Wrong Shaz guided us out the town and finally said we need to turn around and go back into town it added at least 20km to our drive today…… We handed our golf cards in and received our Nullarbor Links certificate for completing the course, we all decided it was great fun and very memorable but we are not happy with the image on the certificate.

We finally started heading to Kulin and stopped at Southern cross and had our famous peanut butter sandwiches, it’s a real treat. As we were about to head off we saw our friends Noel & ?????, to fill you in we have seen this couple since Ceduna and have crossed paths all the way along our road trip. The many times we had seen them we never swapped names, except the wife mentioned Noel’s name but not hers so we all have a name for her which is either Betty, Joan or Mavis. So earlier Kaz had only mentioned that we didn’t get to say goodbye to them and then from around the corner there they were. When they stopped we found out they were heading to wave rock same place as us, so we would say our goodbyes there. So off we head with them following us, a little down the road we veered left but they kept going on the same road. Kaz was concerned and the map was in Shaz’s hand (god knows where we would end up) so I got my road atlas out and to my surprise Kaz and Shaz couldn’t believe I had not got it out earlier and waited until now, I simply explained to them I had forgot about it when we were lost previously….. it would be fair to say they couldn’t believe it lol.

We did a U-Turn and got back on track thank to the road atlas…. We passed our friends and got to Wave Rock safe and sound. There were cars and vans everywhere and realised that there was a music festival being held at the caravan park, so we parked and then had to pay for parking. To pay we had to either use cash or card, now you would think 3 intelligent woman could do this with their eyes closed, not to be after approx 10 mins and about to spit it, it finally accepted a credit card it was a nightmare. The Wave rock is a huge wave that is one big rock, it was a sight to see and something we will probably never see again. We took photos and walked over the rock and acted like real tourists. On the rock I squealed like a girl when I looked down and saw a spider on my leg, I thought I was a goner. We never got to say goodbye to Noel and Joan/Betty/Mavis and Kaz was very concerned that something had happened to them, if she said it once she said it 10 times what’s happened to Noel & Joan/Betty/Mavis. We stopped and had a cake and brought dinner for tonight which was yummy and we didn’t see Noel & Joan/Betty/Mavis not their dog again lol.

On our way to Kulin I screamed again like a girl as I ran over a bloody snake, Shaz and I checked in the mirrors to make sure it was still on the road and not become a passenger and we both saw the snake, but Kaz was very concerned the snake might be under the car, again if she asked once she asked twice “are you sure you saw the snake” Shaz and I both replied YES…..

Our accomodation has been great until we went to use the toaster and the power keeps going off, we have a faulty toaster damn it…..

Until tomorrow chow bang bye.