Landis!

Goodbye Landi 110 and Hello Landi ex ADF

This charming creature featured was my companion for 2 days as I drove her from Broome to Derby,  two medium sized towns found in the far north of Western Australia in a region called the Kimberly, and then onto Mount House Station off the Gibb River Road

You'd think I'd be pretty blaze about driving this vehicle as I already own a LandRover. But they are all so different and this one is a solid girl and did her task with panache. She was there to greet me when I landed in Broome. Her owner, Peter reluctantly allowed me to drive her and frankly I stuffed up. I rode the clutch. How embarrassing! But I think the pressure of proving I could drive something with no power steering and a non British engine must have rattled me. It is quite sobering to have a driving lesson from someone who is going to be your future boss. Anyway I passed muster and was asked to drive on my own to the station. It was brilliant - stop for “smokos” whenever the feeling grabs you, listen to your own music choice and sing along to it really loudly and no-one whinging. Music had to be via ipod 'cos this diesel engine with only a canvas roof is not quiet. 

Sometimes driving long distances in Australia is tedious and its just lots of the same interspersed with road kill but this trip of about 600km was really quite pretty and very changeable. It is also spring now so lots of flowers, ranges and rivers to ford, vast Australian vistas with azure blue skies and just me to watch and enjoy. The day ended with my safe arrival and a brilliant scarlet/ pink sunset to greet me.

Some of you might recall that I have stated that arrival at night is best. And my arrival after sunset was well timed.  Hot water shower and yummy nosh ready in the cook house, too tired to notice anything which might upset my good mood.