Rations

PETROL
We had forgotten to buy bread from the Barnett River roadhouse on the way to Manning Gorge so I drove the dusty 7km back to get some - frozen bread at most places up here costs $5-6 a loaf. Anyway while I was there I thought I'd double check they were open on Sunday for us to fill up with petrol...remember, this is the only place for petrol for 670km. Her reply? "I'll just check if there's any left" I honestly thought she was joking, and waited for her to laugh...but no, she actually went out the back to check if there was any petrol left!! I waited nervously until she returned with a grim face and told me I could have 40 litres...that was all. I could not believe it. We needed about 65 to fill the car, but had another 40 in jerry cans. She assured me that the tank would be here on Monday 'sometime' but looked as dubious as I felt. So I bought my ration of 40 lts ( this had to be pumped from a barrel out the back, into a jerry can then poured into the car-the only way to measure how much we were getting apparently)...and drove back to camp.
Petrol here is over $2 per litre.

FOOD
As I write this (18 aug) it has been 12 days since we last saw a supermarket. Remember we have very limited space for food...a small fridge, and two tubs for everything else. We were able to buy some things at the last roadhouse, but the fruit and veg was not fresh at all...and very expensive. Yesterday we shared the last apple ($9 per kilo) and today we have finished the bread and eaten our last lot of bacon. We have some cheese slices left, canned food, curry sauce, pasta and sauce and some meat, specially vacuum sealed in Darwin. We have a bottle of soft drink in the fridge, about 4 beers and a bottle of wine. 5 muesli bars and a packet of biscuits. We have plenty of oats for porridge (grants speciality, and special thanks to our Adelaide friends Chris and Pamela, for that tip)...but have run out of brown sugar to put on it. I reckon by the time we arrive in broome we will be be so ready for cable beach resort...and the buffet breakfasts, they won't know what hit them (no doubt they will be a little surprised at our appearance as well...hopefully no-one will look at our feet!)

Cazz x

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