Well I said I'd update you.. forgot my phone to work on the bus today and then just lost several paragraphs when the computer was out of power... starting again.

So on Friday my family and mother returned from a 12 day trip through the remote Pilbara region in north western Australia. Our destination was Karijini National park, which has amazing gorges (pics to follow), though we also had a few days at coastal places on the way back. Altogether we had 6 days of driving, and 6 times of setting up tents. It was a great break from normal life (not much internet either)

Clothes notes

Not a clean holiday. Everything comes back with red dust all over it. I just went with it. I didn't bring enough clothes to change every day and that was ok.No makeup either.

Shoes
. I bought 4 pairs and that was just right
1 good new running shoes solely for running use

2 old running shoes for hiking

3 cheap fashion sneakers for driving days and to change into when the running shoes got soaked from hiking and swimming though streams

4 Very old slides for quick trips to the loo in the middle of the night

Bathers
I forgot mine. But my running skirt and parkrun tee shirt were fine to wear instead.

Cold weather
Though warm in the day it was cold at night and I was glad of my new puffer. I kept one jumper (sweater) clean to wear for the one meal out we had after leaving the national park. Enjoyed my new fleece tracksuit pants and new stretch skinnies which both doubled for sleeping.

Washing mishap

DH's shirt got soaked with petrol (gasoline). I stuck in in in the wash with a load of the whole families clothes on day 7. BAD move!! Spent a while working on remedies for a whole load of smelly clothes.

Thanks for reading. Happy to provide more details of what I packed if anyone might be contemplating a similar trip.