There’s not a lot to do in Meekatharra, they still find a bit of gold in the local mines but it’s a bit of a ghost town. Nice sunny days, cold nights and some wind.
We met up again with some fellow travellers who are heading south in the same general direction as we are, an interesting couple from Port Lincoln with whom we have had 5 o’clock drinks a couple of times. They were in Meekatharra when we arrived and had already done the “sights”. They told us that out by the airport there is a meteorological station where at 7.15 am each day a weather balloon is automatically released - so we got up early today and went out on a brilliant sunny but windy morning to have a look! The things you do on a Sunday morning when there’s not much else to do!!
Yesterday we called into the BP station and got chatting to a Thai woman behind the counter, she once lived in Ingle Farm but now does a bit of take away cooking in the local servo. She said “I am cooking green curry chicken tomorrow” and when we hesitated said “what you want?” Of course we wanted Pad Thai, “I cook for you” was the response, so Saturday morning breakfast was a great noodle dish. It looks as though we will leave here with Red Curry Bif - that’s on the menu on Monday, they open at 5am and she was insistent that we call in before we leave here. It’s interesting the characters you meet in the bush.
you need a Pad Thai Blog next time. A review of all of the strage places you've eaten pad thai, the people who have cooked it, and a rating of the dish. There's probably a coffee table book in it.....
ReplyDeletesounds good to us love Thai cooking but never came across pad thai!! 5 am is a bit dauntng can't you guys sleep!! LolLaurie needs an eye patch to go with the bird and oh a wooden legLol 7 days to go. Heeh
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