After breakfast I walk up to the viewing platform near the bay, Low tide again. The tides should start working in our favour next week.
Low tide…..Again
We head due south, which is actually back inland towards Karajini (Hamersley) National Park. We have about 300km to travel.
As we head out of town, we end up in a convoy with 2 road trains. We all happily sit on 95-100, fortunately we must not have a headwind and can sit comfortably on this. We assume these road trains are empty and are heading out to one of the Iron ore mines to fill up and return to port. We must have passed dozens of full ones coming the other way. I thought most ore was by train, but going by the number of road trains, that is not always the case.
Hard to see, but my convoy friends up front
Mid afternoon, we pull into the roadhouse, Auski, just outside the park. We had thought about stopping here, but we’re back inland and it’s really hot without any of the relief you get on the coast. They have power, but no pool and the place doesn’t look that inviting.
We’re pretty sure one of the camp sites in the park allows generators (there is conflicting information about this), so we decide to push on.
Auski Roadhouse 
About an hour later we pull into the campsite in the NP, they allow generators in some sections, which is fine by us. We setup and we are the only ones here, we quickly get the gennie running (and the A/C) and drive over to Fortescue falls. It’s a short walk, but down about 300 stairs. The waterfall is running a little, and the water is lovely and cool. Not as large or as deep as some of the others we’ve been to, but a relief given the temperatures today.
Red dirt is not optional 
Fortescue falls 
Back to the van, there is a breeze, but it is warm, over the course of the evening it progressively gets cooler and as we watch the stars on a beautifully clear night we can turn off the gennie and open up the van.
After the kids go to bed, Justine & I saw at least ½ dozen shooting stars each – pretty special.
Funny…at this stage I was gonna ask whether you have spent any time turning off all the lights, especially on a moonless night, and spend at least 30-60 mins gazing at the heavens. It is a spectacle that cannot be compared to what you see in the city. But if you spend enough time watching…you eventually… see… peculiar….things and wonder…did I really see that?? And you ask whoever you’re with…’did you see that’????
There is meant to be a meteor shower in about 5-6 days time, really looking forward to that