Apart from fishing (word is there is not that many fish about), and drinking beer (neither of which we are into), there is not a great deal to do here at KAB. There were 40 boat trailers parked at the boat ramp awaiting the return of their boats this morning so there is no wonder there are no fish! You can cycle, however, apart from the first 10 km out from KAB, the roads are mostly soft sand/dust and therefore not conducive to good riding, even on a MTB. So, it was a great time to relax and catch up on some admin, although that is restricted due to the dodgy phone/internet reception. Whilst the KAB Fishing Club has installed it’s on Telstra 3G/4G repeater, the service is not always reliable due to the distance KAB is from the nearest Telstra mobile tower, and other interferences. They do have two Telstra landline payphones available. If you park yourself outside the Bar and Grill, you can get pretty good reception. You would think that with all the people that populate this area in the season, it would be in Telstra’s best interest to instal an actual tower. They have one near the McArthur River Mine site, so why not one here?
So, now we can tick another place off our ‘to-see’ list. We do not imagine we will be rushing back here anytime soon, unless of course, we ‘discover’ fishing and drinking beer.
After our walks and breakfast, Greg went off for another shorter ride, whilst Wendy played domestic goddess and prepared mornos. After mornos, Greg went out for another ride whilst Wendy did nothing much of anything. Because it is a Sunday, we did some relaxing, which was great.
Early afternoon on the McArthur River
Early evening at KAB
Water but no power sites, goes on for ages, lot of generators though
Galahs at KAB
That red road
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