Blogs from Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Another restful day at Kimberleyland and at Kununurra, thinking about how we would tackle the things that need to be done. Of course, there was more mango icecream and coffees at Wild Mango. We try and visit Wild Mango early in the mornings where we sit outside and bask in the 20 something degrees. If we get there after about 10.30 it is better to sit inside with the aircon. Most times we have home made mango ice cream and coffee. It is great and the service is always attentive. Thanks ladies.... read more

The days rolled by as we waited for Thursday (and the Cruiser service / repairs / immobiliser install). We got in to the swing of relaxing easily: Early breakfast (before or after a shower), Coffee in town (with a large bowl of mango ice cream), back to the caravan park for lunch and a swim, read or rest, walk down to the lake and say hello to Rodney, take photos (birds mostly) or play games on the phone before dinner, (it gets dark here very early), another swim or shower before bed. The cruiser service / repair / immobiliser install was Thursday at 7am (all day). When I got there at 6.55 there were quite a few people waiting to book in. Alarm bells started to ring. This guy doesn't seem to have an army of ... read more

We got up bright and early to have another dip in the infinity pool at the Lake Argyle Resort and then checked out the dam itself and surrounds. This was a project of national importance which spread over decades (and now there is talk of extending the irrigation scheme further). Everybody should visit Lake Argyle. It is a truly fabulous piece of engineering. From Lake Argyle, it's just a short hop (70 kms) in to Kununurra and it's time to select a resort to stay at. When I say resort, it's a combination of accommodation with a pool and sometimes more. Our resort pool came with a bar (and poolside meals) which was very nice. Less nice were the smokers next door and the people who parked about one metre away. Unfortunately we had booked for ... read more

$99 - that's how it happened. $99 fares from Melbourne to Darwin and return, and as soon as I saw the headline on the email I knew that I could travel up to Kununurra to check out the 'Cruiser and say hi to Jake (the friend of Mike and Miranda) who was looking after "our" 4WD Toyota Landcruiser Hitop Camper until we got there. Previously I had dismissed the idea as absurd (and too expensive) but that headline changed everything - now I could go up and back for less than $1,000 (hopefully). The people at work thought that I had just gone a little crazier when I told them of my long weekend road trip to end all road trips; Car to Hobart Airport, Plane from Hobart to Melbourne, Plane from Melbourne to Darwin, Bus ... read more

Hi travel followers. We figured we had better take some time out to update our blog as we have done a lot in the last week. I.e. After leaving Katherine we stopped off at places like Victoria River and Timber Creek before spending a couple of nights at Lake Argyle with it's Infinity Pool (see photos) and then almost a week at Kununurra. There is so much to see and things to do in the surrounding area so we based ourselves in Kununarra. One day we visited Wyndham, the Grotto and Parry's Billabong to the north, then next day did a tour to the west to El Questro Station which included Emma Gorge, Zebedee Springs, a Barramundi lunch at the station itself and a sunset cruise through Chamberlain Gorge and then a visit to the El ... read more