Lyndon, Red Dirt, Bananas and Rain

I arrived in Carnarvon about 4 pm yesterday.  The bottom road from Lyndon to the highway is about 150 ks - some of the road is good however a lot of corrugation and some parts a lot of small rocks and some sand.  I am very lucky that the river crossing was recently graded so that was good.  It took a few hours longer than it did when I drove the subaru there 3 years ago.  Myrtle certainly doesn't like the rough stuff. 
It was great to have time at Lyndon and catch up with Cath and Sean (and spend time with 4 gorgeous children)  and also to meet up with Sam (Cath's mum) and Chrissie (Sean's mum) who were there to help out.    It was sad knowing that a week before Lyndon had 3 lovely girls working and having fun around the place and in a moment everything can change.  Life moves on after these events and people grieve and pick up the pieces and carry on - cattle to muster, workers to feed, cleaning, children to school, meals to prepare and eat,  and cups of tea and conversations.
Lyndon maybe remote but not at all boring and there is always something to do or someone calling in.   Lyndon is a cattle station 300 k north east of Carnarvon and is about 1 million acres.  It is on the Lyndon River but no water in the river unless there is a bit of rain.   Usually around Broome to Darwin there is a dry and wet season however sometimes around the Pilbara/Gascoyne area they don't get a good rain every year. 
They were doing some mustering when I was there.  Sean goes up in a plane and instructs the guys on the motorbikes on the ground.  When they are in the yards they draught - some go off in the road train on a holiday by boat, others back to the paddocks, or marked or spayed etc. 
I helped out in the homestead and with the kids with school of the air work that Chrissie was doing with them.   Everyone sits down together for a meal in the evenings.  Usually early to bed as it starts early in the morning again.  I stayed four nights then down the road again.
In Carnarvon I bought some fruit and vegies from Doris at Morel's (beautiful fruit and so nice when you buy from where they grow - the most amazing strawberries, paw paw and star fruit).  Carnarvon is such a food bowl.  They have heaps of plantations here and grow wonderful sweet little bananas they are not sprayed like east coast bananas.
Last night I went to the Post Office Pizza Restaurant for a prawn pizza and said hi to Kerron who is a friend of Donna's from Wang.
I am feeling a bit lonely after about a month with company.  Well on the road again......