Bruce Rock to Beacon - 224km

Another beautiful cloudless day today.  I'm well into wheat and sheep country at the moment and the countryside is very dry.  All the locals are hoping for rain, but it never seems to come.  There has been a lot of rain around the coast of WA, but none has fallen where it is really needed.

I am gradually heading back towards the coast of WA at the moment, and really looking forward to heading North to the warmer weather.

I am parked at a tiny little council run caravan park in the outback town of Beacon tonight.  When the caretaker came around to collect my fee for the night ($16.50) I asked her if the amenity block was unlocked.  She said no one locks doors around here, it's not necessary.  If only that was the case in bigger cities.

On the way here I stopped at a small town called Mukinbudin for lunch and the gum trees were full of beautiful black cockatoos with bright red under their tail feathers.  I tried to take some photos but didn't have much luck.  As soon as I got near them they kept flying to another tree.