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Day 154 - Kununurra We woke early again this morning after a much cooler night so we’re both quite refreshed at last! Today was going to be the day that we headed towards the Bungle Bungles but we’ve not really prepared ourselves so talked last night about staying put for another day. We were up real late what with the Rodeo and catching up with Mum and Dad Howells on Skype. Well done both for sorting out your first bit of un-aided Skype and it was fabulous to talk to you both and catch up with all the family news!! The [View Full Entry]

Darryl and Sarah - Wallaby Wanderers | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 1st 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=441218]

Does my bum look big in this
Lachy, Belinda, Nige and Zali before we left the Zebra Rock Gallery
We got two waves from these guys, one in the water and one out the window

Congratulations to The Dogs Bollocks who won the event and are this year's Wild Bunch #1 with Ramraider. Nice going Ed, Gos, Ray, Em, Ben, James and Lisa, what an excellent effort, what a terrific team to be a part of! Heart felt commiserations to Chris, Claire and Mark with Backdraft who had it all sewn up only for it to be taken away with a shot valve out the front of the engine on the Bye run in the semi finals. I don't think we've ever seen Chris just 'stage' the car on a Bye run as he always takes [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=440275]

National Finals 2
National Finals 3
National Finals 4

Day 153 - Kununurra There’s a young lad in Tewkesbury who is celebrating his 7th birthday today, can you guess who it is? It’s Charlie Brown! Happy Birthday Charlie and we hope you have a lovely day! We were wide awake this morning at 05:30! That hasn’t happened since we were doing shifts at the old Bristol depot! We jest of course but it’s been a little while since the sun was up that early in the morning over here! The bright sunny morning makes our spot by Lake Kununurra even more beautiful with the birds already singing in the trees [View Full Entry]

Darryl and Sarah - Wallaby Wanderers | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 1st 2009 | 51 Views | [diary=439894]

It's all open on the Gibb River Road
Welcome to my home
The grader on the Gibb River Road

Day 152 - Saddle Creek Rest Area (NT) to Kununurra (WA) We wake up to a brilliantly sunny morning and the happy chatter of Zali and Lochy at their camp site. There was a lovely breeze through the night and we could hear the thudding of animal visitors outside although when Darryl got up in the wee hours he didn’t manage to spot any! Everyone re-groups for a quick chat over breakfast and then we all head off at different times towards Kununurra. Fran and Fabian are the first to leave, closely followed by Mick, then Belinda, Nige and the kids [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 27th 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=439893]

It's all taken very seriously
Sweetie at the Quarantine checkpoint
Western Australia in comparison

Before heading to Kununurra, we had one last day in Darwin. Hillary and I made sure to get as much done as we could while still in the city. I deposited all the pocket change I had been collecting over the past few months, we sent home a box of extras we wouldn’t be needing during our travels (but couldn’t part with), did some laundry and enjoyed some very rare rainfall. We were in bed pretty early that Wednesday night in order to get up bright and early the next morning. And bright and early we did wake up. September 10th [View Full Entry]

Kevin and Hillary - Kev and Hill | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=443128]

Darwin
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Bus - 2

5-9-09 Tried to sleep in, another late night, but up & at it, another hot day, I sorted through the photos of the Bungle Bungles , only 200, so took a while . We were going to go to El Questro but I was too tired & did not get up early enough, so we will go tomorrow. No probs, we don’t have a set programme. Den was talking to our neighbour & he said they were going to go out to a “secret swimming hole & waterfall” that the locals know about & don’t advertise. Den went up to the [View Full Entry]

Cobb and Co 4 - Michelle and Dennis Shaw | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 7th 2009 | 61 Views | [diary=434652]

3   5-9-09   Even the dogs are sworn to secrecy, Mum's the word at Molly Springs Water Hole Kununurra
19    6-9-09    Scenery on The Gibb River Road on the way to El Questro outside Kununurra
22    6-9-09    Scenery on The Gibb River Road on the way to El Questro outside Kununurra

At the crack of dawn we drive into Kununurra...well we arrive at the visitors centre at 9am and John had even had time to have a shower using our portable solar shower(really not worth it but it came with the van!) so yes it was an early start for us! The town sits on Lake Kununurra on the River Ord and is a relatively new town. It was developed in the 1960’s to service where the river had been dammed to form a storage reservoir to supply water for an irrigation scheme. A 1 million acre cattle station was flooded to [View Full Entry]

globetrotters2009 - Sharon & John | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 2nd 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=433201]

Kununurra
Mirima national park
mini bungle bungles

29-8-09 Happy Birthday Warwick. On the road again, the girls are getting to know the signs that we are packing up, they wait patiently at the door till we are ready to put them in the car & then they trot out & wait to be lifted in, they are not getting left behind. We are awake early again, this time change is a pain. Off to Kununurra, only 80 km’s today, a piece of cake. We arrive about 9.30am & have to go into the Showground Park $27 a night expensive for what it is. But they take dogs & [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 2nd 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=433295]

3    1-9-09  The Kununura Irrigated Crops
6    1-9-09  The Ivanhoe Crossing this is where a 4 wheel drive drove across it at Kununara
9    1-9-09  The Ivanhoe Crossing Kununara

27-8-09 Left Timber creek about 9am as going into WA we have to put our clocks back 1.5 hours, so that means we are 2 hours behind the eastern states. The scenery is still amazing me. Lots of mountains & rocky outcrops, land that has been burnt for fire control, which is a good idea. We saw lots of Boab trees on the way to the border as well. We stopped at saddle Creek Rest stop for morning tea, it was a nice spot. The temperature is up to 30 deg & it is only 10am, the dogs & I are [View Full Entry]

Cobb and Co 4 - Michelle and Dennis Shaw | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 29th 2009 | 76 Views | [diary=432142]

7  27-8-09    From Timber Creek to WA border
13  27-8-09   We made it to the WA border
18  27-8-09   On the way to Lake Argyle WA

By TJWest
August 11th 2009
Kununurra Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kununurra
We stayed at a caravan park for 2 nights to plug in and charge and get supplies, went and had lunch and a look at Argyle Dam (not impressed at all) and that was about it for Kununurra. When we did our shop we did pretty good cause when we spoke to some fellow travellers they said the shelves were empty when they went the day after. From here we drive to Katherine in Northern Territory to have a look. [View Full Entry]

TJWest - Troy, Jaqui & Axel | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 11th 2009 | 40 Views | [diary=427243]

more dam
Axel looking pretty cool
Leaving the state


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