Day 99 Saturday 13th June 2015, 30 degrees Kununurra We are picked up by bus and taken out to Lake Argyle 70 kilometres away. On the way we visit the reconstructed Argyle Downs homestead the family home of the pioneering pastoralists … Continue reading Go West, Day 99 – Kununurra
Day 98 Friday 12th June 2015, warm, clear Kununurra Fancy having to wake up to an alarm. We have to be up at 4:30am for our Bungle Bungles flight at 6:00am. After waiting behind 24 other seniors from a bus … Continue reading Go West, Day 98 – Kununurra
Day 97 Thursday 11th June 2015, 29 degrees (doesn’t change much does it?) Wyndham to Kununurra Woody tells me that he has gotten 8 days out of one block of ice in the Techni Ice fridge. That’s pretty good considering … Continue reading Go West, Day 97 – Kununurra
Also known as Hidden Valley, tiny Mirima National Park is in the heart of town and yet feels like a world away from Kununurra, WA. A miniature of the Bungle Bungles, Mirima too has the beehive shaped outcrops. Continue reading Mirima National Park a hidden valley
Is this the prettiest caravan park in Australia? Kimberleyland Caravan Park in Kununurra, Western Australia is only minutes from the heart of town yet it’s views truly showcase the reason why everyone loves the Kimberley region. Situated on Lily Creek … Continue reading Kimberleyland
There is a park in Kununurra that is called Celebrity Tree Park and each tree is described and has been planted by someone famous. It is a peaceful park with views across the lake and to the domes of the … Continue reading Celebrity Tree Park
Lake Argyle is the water catchment on the Ord River near Kununurra in Western Australia. Several tour companies offer sightseeing cruises on the lake. We cruise around the islands of the lake and see wallabies, fresh water crocodiles, even a baby one and golden orb spiders. The lake is about forty times the size of Sydney Harbour and if it ever reaches its capacity it will be about eighty times that of Sydney Harbour. Don’t tell the folks in Sydney. The boat has two 250hp Honda outboards on the back, the water is as smooth as glass and we glide … Continue reading Cruising on Lake Argyle
Being Friday evening the caravan park has an entertainer, a one man band Canadian called Moose who draws most of the camp down to the lakeshore. I couldn’t picture a better setting but I’m sure Moose could because every time he swallows a bug he has to stop singing. Ironically in his day job he monitors fruit fly numbers. Continue reading Pity the Entertainer
“There’s not much to see” says the lass at the Info Centre in Kununurra, WA. We take her meagre advice and visit Kelly’s Knob lookout above the town to get the lie of the land. She couldn’t tell us where historic Ivanhoe Crossing was as she hadn’t heard of it. Not surprisingly we find it on Ivanhoe Road just as the sun is setting and there are folks fishing with disregard for crocodiles and the water is brimming across the spillway. Of course it is prohibited to drive on it these days and a huge boulder blocks the causeway. In … Continue reading Not Much to See Here
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