Wyndham, our last look at the coastline of WA, as our journey from here will turn east through Kununurra and onwards eventually through Katherine to Darwin - weather permitting. The journey from Warmun to Wyndham continued through rolling country with many areras suffering from bushfires. The area is generally at high risk away from the coast, and as Marg drove north we had to cross one particularly smoky zone. Fortunately, the fire was well subsided so for a few minutes we drove through the haze. It was not until we got to Wyndham and climbed to the hill top lookout that the extent of the fires could be assessed. In almost 360 degrees of view, there was smoke. None of the fires were threatening, but certainly wide spread. As Marg drove, we passed every 10 minutes
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