Blogs from Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 13

Marg did some washing while I cleaned the van after that we went to Palmerston for some shopping. Another very hot day (34) so after lunch back to the van for some more air con. In the evening we spoke to Karen, Nathan Caitlin and brielle on skype which is video and voice chat for several hours that seemed to cheer Marg up... read more

We left Saddle creek rest area and headed west to the Western Australia border where there is a checkpoint and on arrival had our van checked for fruit and vegies. The border patrol officer was really nice; we had been previously warned about the fruit and vegies and were all clear to proceed. Arrived at Kununurra and went to the visitors centre to see where we could stay. WE ended up at the showground for $22 a night good value booked in for 2 nights but will probably stay longer no Optus phone, the Telstra works a lot better out here. Set up camp and went shopping as no fruit and vegies. At the back of the showground there is a big aussie rules oval and we can let the dogs off to run around. ... read more

Before we left Manbulloo homestead we got chatting again with Rodney a fellow traveler camped next to us. The night before he had offered to go through the map with us to point out some good free spots to stop as he was traveling in the opposite direction as us and had traveled roughly where we were going. He went through the Camp Site 4 book wit us and was extremely helpful. After all the info he gave us his Business card and on it was Breakthrough meditation Marg said to him that she could have used him to show her how to meditate. So if anyone is interested Rodney’s web site is www.rodneystoddart.com.au So we are off again and we decided to do a free stop tonight and go into Western Australia tomorrow. We ... read more

After leaving Perth for Kununurra I was glad to see that the weather on my arrival was nice and hot, as Perth was starting to get a little chilly. I was met by the guys from the farm and given a ute so that I could get around and sort out the house that they had supplied me. To my surprise I was given a 5 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms and a kitchen to myself located about 15km outside the main town and about the same distance from the farm. The house was excellent except for a couple of snakes that I had to get removed as they had not paid any rent. Well two of them I got my next door neighbour to remove (yes I was scared) and the other one I removed ... read more

Greetings from Western Australia!We crossed the border yesterday and had to give away our fruit,veg and honey before doing so.A kind soul gave us some fish in return.We have had a wonderful week in the Kakadu Nat. Park.I now treat big crocs lying on the river bank as common(tho still scary).We took a day tour into Arnhemland and visited Aboriginal rock art sites which was quite fascinating-"Our First People" as the PM refers to them have been here 50,000 years.A sunrise cruise on the "Yellow River" was probably the highlight with so much birdlife and up close to big crocs.(see photos).We aso did a gruelling bit of 4WD to Twin Falls and Jim Jim Falls.Crossing Jim Jim River with a croc warning sign and deep enough to create a bow wave was a bit disconcerting.The last ... read more

After spending the night in Katherine, we crossed the WA border and headed into Kununurra for 3 nights. When there, we visited Mirima National Park (also sometimes referred to as the "Mini Bungles"), drove across Ivanhoe crossing and went for a walk around Kelly's knob around sunset.... read more