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Hi Steve & Kez, Went into Cygnet Bay pearlfarm & enjoyed an informative tour of some of the farm. A bit of a shame they didn't show us some of hands on operations. Had lunch there ,which I can say was the best ever "salt & pepper squid" we've ever had. As to the boat tours the wind was quite heavy & I figured the waves a little too big to be enjoyable. The very knowledgable young lady running the tour carefully presented a rare showing of a $300,000.00 necklace of natural impregnated pearls( as to being cultured) collected over lots of years.Apparently These naturally occurring shiny pearls,although a little deformed (not perfectly round) are quite large by world standards. Sadly ,she suggested that these rare Australian wonders will probably end up being purchased by someone from a rich Arab country. We're Still sitting at Barn Hill as it's beautiful here. Still haven't caught a blue bone fish yet. Not many people swimming today as a 3 metre black " salty" decided to swim beside the beach yesterday. Seemed to be heading south along with the whales & the Vic. plates. Regards Ted & Hermy

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Well, we have arrived in Alice Springs after completing a crossing of the Donohue and Plenty Highways. It was not too bad overall, given how late in the season it was, but very dusty as you would expect. I have written two trip reports and am putting them up now as we have been offline camping in the West Macdonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. If you enjoy the reports, I would love to hear your feedback Stage 6 August 2017 Carnarvon Gorge to Boulia.pdf Stage 7 August 2017 Boulia to Alice Springs.pdf