After a good night’s sleep, we drove to Carnarvon to sort out the issue with the van roof. Josh at Eagle Outdoors had called ahead so the auto-electrician was expecting us. It turned out that the problem was just a blown fuse but we would never have found where the fuse was hidden. Within 15 minutes, we were back on the road aiming to free camp at Minilya.

We arrived there about 4pm to find the camping area was full to the brim with caravans and campers. The Roadhouse was also full so we had no choice but to keep going. This was not totally unexpected. With covid-19 shutting international and interstate borders, people (like us) have taken the chance to see Australia and there are caravans everywhere.

We found a good camping spot at Lyndon River. It was busy too. This was a lovely, clean area with toilets but the noise of the trucks roaring passed us all night would have kept many people awake – not us though!