Blogs from Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 10

Hi everyone Have spent the last 3 days relaxing in Kununurra..we cannot believe the changes since we were here 4 years ago. Weather is absolutely gorgeous.. around 27c during the day with magnificent blue skies with temperature dropping down to 22c in the evening. Have spent pleasant evenings joining the other campers cooking dinner in the community kitchen..exchanging travel stories. Visited the Mirima (Hidden Vallley)National Park today..Locals call it the mini "Bungle Bungles".. very beautiful and went down to the Zebra Rock Gallery... this being the only area where Zebra rock is found in the world...quite unique, the rock having a ceiling date of 1200 million years.They make many beauiful things out of this rock including lovely pieces of jewellery. Tomorrow we are heading off to the Gibb River Road with first stop at El Questro ... read more

Day of mainly driving to Kununurra (pop 6,000) but the largest town on our trip other than Broome ! Left Bungles around 9:30am. No probs getting out on the road, some of the water crossings had dropped a bit from when we went in on Tuesday. Quick drop into the visitor centre on arrival and checked the lookout point at the top of the hill for great view over the area. Distance travelled : 320 kms (5 hours)... read more

It never ceases to amaze me when things are timed perfectly. A one-off introduction to a family from Kununurra (at someone else’s house, mind you) led to a phone call offering their house to housesit over December. Not long after this, Grady received a phone call from a previous client back in Geelong who needed more work done to their house before Christmas and was willing to fly him back at their expense to do it. We were reminded of the verse in Proverbs: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths”. How true this is in our own experience. To add to this, the day we packed up to move was the very day that park ... read more

Today was a loooong drive- set off at half 9 and didn't get to site till going on 6! Luckily today has had the best scenery and views yet. Beautiful hills and rocky mountains, we kept stopping to take pics, which didn't help the journey time! On our way to Kununurra we stopped off at Wyndham and drove up a steep hill to the Five Rivers lookout. Unfortunately the hill disgruntled Samantha and the noise of bubbling water that we've come to recognise as her display of unhappiness came rumbling from under my seat. We let her calm down before making our way back down the bank and off to Kununurra. Caravan site was closed when we arrived but there was a not saying just to pick a spot and put money in the box, very ... read more

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 the run so it was just very cruel timing all round. We caught the 1st eliminations on the webcam so here are the pics. Look carefully at the one where nothing appears to be on ... read more