While packing up this morning I noticed that the solar panel was coming adrift from its mounting. The panel had been afixed to some aluminum L sections on the roof with pop-rivets and all the vibration from the rough roads we have travelled have worn the heads off the rivets. As a result one entire side of the panel was no longer fastened to the L section. A few kilometers after leaving Wooramel we stopped at Wooramel Roadhouse and borrowed an electric drill and got some self-tapping screws to re-fasten the panel. That first photo is yours-truly demostrating his balancing skills while installing the new self-tappers.

The remaining photos in the first group were taken at Hamelin Pool which is famous for the (apparently fine) examples of stramatolites; rock like structures formed in highly salty water by photo-synthesising microbes. They don't look very impressive but apparently these microbes have been around for 3,000,000,000 years. That sounds impressive.

The second group of photos are taken from our day exploring the peninsula north of Hamelin Pool and leading to Francois Peron National Park and at the tip of the peninsula Cape Peron. The national park and Cape Peron can only be accessed via a 45km sandy 4x4 trail.

We were particularly pleased to finally, see and get a photo of an echidna.

We spent the afternoon exploring the peninsula, enjoying the 4x4 driving on the sand, and finished the day with a spectacularly beautiful ocean front camping spot.