Alas, we have at least another km of corrugations to the junction of the stock route with the Gary Junction Road (Kiwirrkurra Road).

Then we can turn west.

Another in the string of Percival Lakes.

We camped here in April 2018. Part of a long trip through the Pilbara and Kimberley. The year we broke a spring on Sandy Blight Junction. Our journey through here was at a leisurely 10-12 km/hr. Not helped by corrugations.

Our plan then was to visit Karlamilyi National Park but thwarted by the broken spring we took the shortest easiest route to Newman for new spring.

A lot of maintenance on the truck prior to this trip means reliability has so far been good.

Early enough to relax and do some laundry.

Tomorrow a day of rest, more laundry, and shower.

There is a brisk cooling breeze for drying.

Punmu store tells us they have a water tap and a hose outside the store.

For those who notice, the camera is slowly failing. The edge of something round appears in bottom left at near zoom. Zooming a bit gets rid of it. But not enough zoom the left edge is out of focus. As in this pic.

Also gone walkabout seems to be image stabilisation. Apparent at long zooms.

We like the model (Panasonic Lumix FZ80) but its been out of production for more than a couple of years. A quick check and the FZ80D was released late last year. We'll consider buying when we return home. Alternative is a Nikon P950. Both are long zoom bridge cameras. The Nikon longer. Neither have built in gps, but can access phone gps ..... what a pain!

The crust is soft.