Monthly Archives: October 2011

It is amazing how different and eye opening the morning can be, when you arrive at a place after dark.  When I woke up this morning & looked out the window – the scenery was quite spectacular – cliffs of … Continue reading →

Because it comes light at 4.30 around here – and because I wanted to be up & back before it got too hot – I got going about 6am the next morning. The swim across the river at that time … Continue reading →

I headed out the Gibb River Road next morning. The first 80kms or so, is actually tarred – but part of it is just tarred for 1 lane’s worth of tar – and that’s in the middle of the road … Continue reading →

When I headed to Derby I thought I would just stay the one night & head out to the Gibb River road the next day.  Luckily, plans are easy enough to change!!! I went with the family from the Bungle … Continue reading →

Fitzroy Crossing is on the  Great Northern Highway. I’m not so sure it is soo great – but its an OK road.  I think the Great Northern actually runs from Kununurra to almost Perth in the south – so I … Continue reading →

From the road into Purnululu to Halls Creek isn’t very far – so I waved goodbye to all the people I’d been trapped in there with & headed off for Halls Creek – which is a small town – not … Continue reading →

So, after looking around the beehive domes & seeing all the great scenery, I decided I should head out of the Purnululu national park – as it was going to take me 2 hours to get out & I wasn’t … Continue reading →

From Kununurra I had 2 main ways of travelling across to “the coast”.  The main highway (a bit safe & boring I guess) and the Gibb River Road (a road everyone talks about – you can’t do it with caravans … Continue reading →

The next couple of days I just did little touristy things around the town of Kununurra. I went out to a place called Ivanhoe Crossing, which used to be the main road from Kununurra to Wyndham/Broome.  But, when they let … Continue reading →

I’d booked a tour of Lake Argyle/the ord river – because I don’t have a boat. I was collected from my caravan park at 8am and we were taken on a little (10 seater) tour bus from Kununurra, the 70kms … Continue reading →