Monday 2/5/11, We walked to the Katherine Hot Springs which was a bit of a disappointment, very muddy water (due to the floods), didnt stop the blackfella's though they were in the top spring which was crystl clear, no alchohol allowed, but they seem to have there own laws, ha ha
(check out the picture) The locals are very friendly, but they dont really care about their countryside, filth everywhere, . It is May Day in Katherine today, Public Holiday, apparently it is safe to get back in the water, No crocs, blue box jellyfish , stingers etc. I just wonder if the crocs no it is May Day.
Tuesday: Went to Johnny's today and bought a new toy, a Satelite Dish, oh yeah now we have 81 channels, pretty groovy,. We are 10kms west of Timber Creek to give it a go, Perfect very happy,, no phone or internet connection, but yes we do have 81 channels. It is a gorgeous spot to camp with the Victoria River just metres away, keeping well clear of the waters edge. One complaint and that is the Barking Owls, they seem to be following us around the top end, very noisy buggers.
Wednesday: We have now officially been to every state in Australia, arrriving in Kunanurra WA today. We past Bullo Station today where Sarah Hunderson wrote all her books, we can now truly appreciate how isolated they are out here, also we got out of the car today, and got up close and personal to the Braham Bull, massive beast, great photo, I though there was a fence between us, but no there wasnt, glad they were nice bulls. We went to Lake Argyle which is truly beautiful, the lake is at 200% capacity, lots and lots of rain,the Ord River is really flowing fast.
Thursday:Met up with John and Bronwyn at Kunanurra, and John invited us to go with them to Wyndham , so off we go again, with the two dogs, picnic lunch, and a little bit of grog on board.We are travelling through the east Kimberleys , amazing, awesome, we just travel in silence enjoying the views. Our first stop for morning tea was gorgeous with John trying his hand at catching a barra, but no luck. Nice cup of tea with choc chips muffins, life is very good. We have arrived at Wyndham now at the Five Minutes Lookout, looking across the Cambridge Gulf, again another amazing view. We visited a croc farm and very laid back operation, very grubby but the local tour operator certainly had us laughing with his outback humour. Saw the largest Boab Tree in captivity, (dont know how they captured it) but there it was. Huge tree. On our way back to the Park we stopped off at the Grotto, in the middle of nowhere and we had to climb down 135 steps to the most beautiful pool, surrounded by layer upon layer of 250 million rocks
we had to be a bit like mountain goats to get there, but so worth it. Another great day.
Friday: Went to Zebra Rocks gallery today, and purchased a cute little bracelet, and fed the cat fish in the River, followed this up by going to Kimberley Jewerlers but unfortunately the bracelet I fell in love with there was just a little bit out of our price range $33,000. stunning, diamonds with a huge pearl . Saw diamonds, pink, brown,white, green and one worth 250,000 got out of there fast. Across we went to Nina"s and got very lucky, thanks to my gorgeous kids and partners, and of course the best hubby in the world, I walked out of there a very happy lady. A beautiful Broome pearl pendant, it hangs off a gold bar, which has three diamonds on it and then my beautiful pearl . Lucky Lucky me. Going out to dinner tonight with John and Bronwyn perfect finish to a perfect day.
Saturday: Another hugh day driving with us staying at Mary Pools free camp, more people here than in most of the caravan parks we have been to. Dawson having a great time off the lead, we had to cross a water crossing to get here, and there are these stupid people bathing in the water, croc signs everwhere. Off to Broome tomorrow, getting very tired with the long dinstances we have to cover to get from A to B, still have the West coast to get through, we are going to have a few days rest at Broome before we take off again, I even got to tow today, thought I would give Robin a rest, but he didn't get to rest much we me continually asking, Robin there is a road train coming, what do I do, Robin there a lot of support vehicles with cyclists coming at us taking up both sides of the road, poor Robin didnt get much peace , anyway I managed and we did arrive in Broome. More next week. Love to all.
(check out the picture) The locals are very friendly, but they dont really care about their countryside, filth everywhere, . It is May Day in Katherine today, Public Holiday, apparently it is safe to get back in the water, No crocs, blue box jellyfish , stingers etc. I just wonder if the crocs no it is May Day.
Tuesday: Went to Johnny's today and bought a new toy, a Satelite Dish, oh yeah now we have 81 channels, pretty groovy,. We are 10kms west of Timber Creek to give it a go, Perfect very happy,, no phone or internet connection, but yes we do have 81 channels. It is a gorgeous spot to camp with the Victoria River just metres away, keeping well clear of the waters edge. One complaint and that is the Barking Owls, they seem to be following us around the top end, very noisy buggers.
Wednesday: We have now officially been to every state in Australia, arrriving in Kunanurra WA today. We past Bullo Station today where Sarah Hunderson wrote all her books, we can now truly appreciate how isolated they are out here, also we got out of the car today, and got up close and personal to the Braham Bull, massive beast, great photo, I though there was a fence between us, but no there wasnt, glad they were nice bulls. We went to Lake Argyle which is truly beautiful, the lake is at 200% capacity, lots and lots of rain,the Ord River is really flowing fast.
Thursday:Met up with John and Bronwyn at Kunanurra, and John invited us to go with them to Wyndham , so off we go again, with the two dogs, picnic lunch, and a little bit of grog on board.We are travelling through the east Kimberleys , amazing, awesome, we just travel in silence enjoying the views. Our first stop for morning tea was gorgeous with John trying his hand at catching a barra, but no luck. Nice cup of tea with choc chips muffins, life is very good. We have arrived at Wyndham now at the Five Minutes Lookout, looking across the Cambridge Gulf, again another amazing view. We visited a croc farm and very laid back operation, very grubby but the local tour operator certainly had us laughing with his outback humour. Saw the largest Boab Tree in captivity, (dont know how they captured it) but there it was. Huge tree. On our way back to the Park we stopped off at the Grotto, in the middle of nowhere and we had to climb down 135 steps to the most beautiful pool, surrounded by layer upon layer of 250 million rocks
we had to be a bit like mountain goats to get there, but so worth it. Another great day.
Friday: Went to Zebra Rocks gallery today, and purchased a cute little bracelet, and fed the cat fish in the River, followed this up by going to Kimberley Jewerlers but unfortunately the bracelet I fell in love with there was just a little bit out of our price range $33,000. stunning, diamonds with a huge pearl . Saw diamonds, pink, brown,white, green and one worth 250,000 got out of there fast. Across we went to Nina"s and got very lucky, thanks to my gorgeous kids and partners, and of course the best hubby in the world, I walked out of there a very happy lady. A beautiful Broome pearl pendant, it hangs off a gold bar, which has three diamonds on it and then my beautiful pearl . Lucky Lucky me. Going out to dinner tonight with John and Bronwyn perfect finish to a perfect day.
Saturday: Another hugh day driving with us staying at Mary Pools free camp, more people here than in most of the caravan parks we have been to. Dawson having a great time off the lead, we had to cross a water crossing to get here, and there are these stupid people bathing in the water, croc signs everwhere. Off to Broome tomorrow, getting very tired with the long dinstances we have to cover to get from A to B, still have the West coast to get through, we are going to have a few days rest at Broome before we take off again, I even got to tow today, thought I would give Robin a rest, but he didn't get to rest much we me continually asking, Robin there is a road train coming, what do I do, Robin there a lot of support vehicles with cyclists coming at us taking up both sides of the road, poor Robin didnt get much peace , anyway I managed and we did arrive in Broome. More next week. Love to all.
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