Blogs from The Kimberleys, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania - page 2

We hit Broome and the fabled Cable Beach! We set up camp and rushed off to find the famous camels silhouetted against the sunset and the miles and miles of white pristine beach. We drove around looking for Cable Beach but we couldn’t find it. The one and only beach we could find was nice with some rocks and a lot of people, but nothing super special. Eventually the penny dropped…when we saw the camels. The 4x4s were congregating on the beach, chairs unfolded, bottles of wine opened, cameras ready. The sand was greyish and quite coarse and some flat waves tried hard to break. People were waiting everywhere for something to happen. We waited too and really tried hard to be enthused - really, we did. Oh well. Broome is modern and trendy with almost ... read more

By Ben! Our plan of attack in Australia has changed slightly and now we are avid campers, keeping the costs low! And thanks to Graham, a very kind Scottish man from Perth we are now in the know of the campers secrets! Lake Argyle and a Handy New Book We were camping at Lake Argyle and putting our tent up, after the previous night somewhere further down the road where our tent had collapsed due to broken poles. I set to work with some PVC tape to try and make a suitable shelter for sleeping and drew the attention of many other campers who took pity on my efforts! So Graham came over with tools and completely fixed our tent! He cut off the snapped bits and made shorter poles, a technique we've had to use ... read more

Derby —May River-Windjana Gorge Finally left Derby and headed down the first part of the Gibb River Rd towards Windjana Gorge. Prior to Windjana we stopped in at May River—the site of the first pastoral station. Good sized river and good swimming—despite the crocodile warning signs! Unfortunately the area is very popular and evidence of human beings (black and white) with complete disregard for the environment abounds ie: bottles/cans/rubbish and remains of campfires everywhere)…. And people wonder why areas get closed off!?! Despite this it was a good lunch stop and swim stop with a few rope swings to keep us entertained. A couple of aboriginal boys ( Raymond and Neville) came up to where we were and displayed their acrobatic/athletic abilities by doing backflips off the rope swing and out of the trees and ... read more

This is a retro post, but we wanted to share the experience with you, and the photos tell the story quite well! We had stayed the night in Fitzroy Crossing, a small township at what was a fording point for the Fitzroy River. Nowadays, there is a one lane bridge, but in days of yore I believe the river was crossed by a ford which could only be used in the dry season. It had rained all the previous day and through the night - we were in WA and the NT at the start of the rainy season. We had parked up in our campervan, which we named Brutus, in a camping bay which had become a small lake during our afternoon and evening stay. As we drank at the campsite bar (along with the ... read more

We bezochten de Kimberleys met een georganiseerde kampeertocht om verschillende redenen: • Onze kampeerwagen mocht niet gebruikt worden op ‘unsealed road’, mocht dus niet op de Gibb River Road. • De temperaturen liggen in deze regio rond 40°C in de maand november • Het regenseizoen kan op ieder moment beginnen en de wegen gedeeltelijk doen onderlopen • We kennen de gevaren van de natuur niet, en je kunt er alleen maar wild kamperen De meeste tours stoppen in de loop van de maand oktober, alleen Kimberley Adventure Tours kon nog zijn voorlaatste vertrekdatum min of meer garanderen op 27 oktober. De keuze van de touroperator was dus snel gemaakt, bovendien zagen zij er als lokale en kleine organisatie erg betrouwbaar en betaalbaar uit. We boekten lang vooraf via Internet en betaalden 1345$ pp: Kimberley Adventure Tours ... read more