Blogs from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Hey folks, down time in Fitzroy, 38 degrees outside (can't train in that heat just yet) humidity a killer so I can get all the blogging upp to date. Hope you are keeping well AC... read more

Days on the Road = 85 Days (12 Weeks & 1 Day) 22nd September 2012 Well we are all packed up again for a long drive from Broome to Fitzroy Crossing. Still no rain just beautiful blue skies and hot weather which will only get hotter as we travel further north and now inland of Western Australia. There was not much to look at in the way of scenery as we travelled to Fitzroy Crossing, however, we do come across these one lane bridges which we found to be quite funny considering this is a major highway heading north. We figured out that upon approaching if another vehicle is heading in the opposite direction that the first vehicle to arrive and indicate first should be the first to cross. We also stopped for a pit-stop mid-way ... read more

Fitzroy Crossing 5th June 2012 Fitzroy Crossing, situated on the Fitzroy River is located 2.21kms South of Junjuwa, 11.7kms North of Bayulu, 84.74kms NorthEast of Yungngora, (all communities), and 222.06kms West of Halls Creek. It is situated in the centre of some of the best pastoral country in Australia and is the heart of the Kimberley Region. The Fitzroy Valley attracted early pastoralists such as the McDonald Bros in 1886 when they set up the Fossil Downs cattle station. This was following a three-year, 3,500 mile trek from Goulburn, New South Wales. Fitzroy Crossing was a creation of necessity; early settlers to the Kimberley needed a place to ford the mighty Fitzroy River. The old, (original), crossing was the shortest and safest route. Focus shifted from the original townsite of Fitzroy Crossing when a modern stilted ... read more

After a quick trip to the Broome Markets and indulging the senses with some local mango icecream, we hit the road. We stopped at the Willare Bridge Roadhouse for lunch as I had talked it up after being there twice on my tour out into the Kimberleys just over a week ago. The big lawns and shadey trees out the front did the trick as we had a quick bite to eat. The plan was to stop at a free camp for the night just short of Fitzroy Crossing but on the way we stopped to see if we could assist two gents who had suffered a flat literally in the middle of nowhere. They had a spare raring to go but the hydraulically tightened wheel nuts simply couldn’t be budged to remove the flat tyre. ... read more

This morning we got up and drove over to the Flinder’s range. Here we drove up to the car park and did a hike. It was a tough one. Me and one of the other girls took it really slow and only made it about 3/4 of the way up. It was just sooo hot and very steep. Beautiful views from up there though. We then had lunch and headed down and drove through the ranged before getting to our camp on a farm that had facilities. We were all so happy to have a shower. We had an awesome dinner and some more good chats. ... read more