Day 42 – Derby

I was up at 6 and showered, then dressed. The weather has been warm and cooled down overnight, but not sufficient for me to use my sleeping bag – just a sleeping sheet on the air mattress. I went down to the camp kitchen to have breakfast (they have a kettle there) and spoke to a few people before returning to clean my teeth. I walked around to the IGA to get some milk for breakfast for Lynn. I went to replace the number plate at the front and found I had forgotten nuts, so walked around to the Home Hardware to get them – cheaper than Mitre 10! Replaced the number plate, but found the spacers were larger than I thought, so I’ll have to get some 15 or 20 mm bolts. We went down to the Visitors Centre to get some souvenirs and find out about the naming of the King Leonard Ranges (named by John Forrest in 1879 after King Leopold II of Belgium) and also got the longer bolts. At the same time we went out to the Prison boab tree. Back at the park we had some lunch and then I went up to the kitchen and chatted to those about to leave on the Horizontal Falls flights. They left at around 2:15. After that I was talking to a few who were waiting for car repairs and did the magazine puzzles. Lynn chatted to a few when she came up. Then we went down to the wharf – Lynn had the Berry Delight and I had a thickshake. We spoke to a couple down there while having them. Then it was back to the park, tea and finally off to bed. Although our neighbours had left early in the morning, there were new neighbours before dark. Some neighbours can be noisy!