Blogs from Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Three days here at Kununurra has been a joyful lesson about the last town before crossing the border into the Northern Territory. We have driven through dry and dusty places to get to Kununurra, then this bright green district startles as the transition from arid to lush irrigation is quite abrupt. Despite lack of rain, this district along the Ord River (fed from Lake Argyle) is full of life in every respect. Yes, it is a little town with a mix of races. The local aboriginal people live in the town rather than in a remote community like Warmun. You will find them sitting by day under the large shade trees. I was amazed at one great grandma that we talked to (28 great grand kids) was easily able to just squat on the grass, legs ... read more

We had another swim in the Thermal Pools at Mataranka and we left for Kakadu on the way we went to Cutta Cutta Caves, it was really dark, then we went to Katherine Gorge. We swam in the pool and went for walk to a lookout which was 200 meters high, it was great. We stayed at Katherine for 2 nights and we saw lots of bats! From here we went to Kakadu National Park, we stayed at Gunlom, Cooinda, Ubirr and finally 2 nights at Aurora Kakadu. When we were in Kakadu may favourite places were Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls. Then we went to Darwin and on the way we went on a cruise and watched Jumping Crocodiles! I wasn't scared but Mum was..... When we got to Darwin we saw Ma and ... read more

It was a beautiful drive along the Victoria Highway passing through the Gregory National Park. Border quarantine was kind to us and we got through relatively quickly and then onto Lake Argyle. A grassy and shady afternoon van site helped us enjoy a beautiful week. Everyday we spent time at the Infinity pool with a backdrop overlooking Lake Argyle and the surrounding ranges. It was mesmerising. We did a walk to view the river, one to a lookout overlooking the lake and one to the homestead which has been relocated once the dam was established. We had a glorious afternoon and evening on a boat doing a sunset tour with some people swimming out in the middle...but with 35,000 crocs, albeit freshwater, we decided a glass of wine with pate and cheese was more our style! ... read more

We are parked up in the Ivanhoe CP in Kununurra in an extremely small site. Thank heavens the one behind us was empty when we arrived because we could not have backed in there. Same Same for Shirley and Dave. With our van and annex deployed there is not enough room to park our car so it has to hang out onto the road. Rushed out on the morning of the 10th and did some shopping most especially to get lotto for Tuesday and Thursday so Mary, GMan and I can continue to dream of great things. At 10:30 am all four of us headed out to Lake Argyle area where we spent some time checking out the relocated Argyle homestead. It is far more sophistocated that when we last visited it 23 years ago, poshed ... read more

We really liked the Timber Creek Caravan Park. Small park, plenty of shade, amenities fine etc. It has a lovely grassed area down by the creek which has fresh water crocs in it. On our way from the Buchanan Highway to Timber Creek we noticed the first of the boab trees. Because our booking in Kununurra started on 10th May we decided to stay in the cool for an extra day and lingered. Still no sight seeing as we will be doing it with Dave and Shirley one the way back through. Here we did a big clean up on the van. The amount of dust getting into the interior has diminished considerably with all our efforts on tracking down and blocking little leaks. I swept, vacuumed, dusted etc. I like the size of this house ... read more