Where do I start..... There has certainly been a lot to see and do in this corner of Oz. After coming across the State border from Katherine and into W A, we stopped at Kununurra and hired a Kamper Trailer for the next 4WD part of the trip.... the Gibb River Road. We left our caravan comforts behind (including the Air con!) and headed for Kalumburu - the northern most Aboriginal community you are free to access. After 600+ kms of corrurgated roads and river crossings, we visited the gorgeous beaches of Honeymoon and McGowan, before heading back down Kalumburu Road to the Mitchell Plateau and Falls, ElQestro Wilderness Park and Home Valley Station, before returning to Kununurra. Road corrugations, red dust, no phone/internet service, endless changing scenery, no cars passing for hours and hours on end, crocs, red dust, 40degrees + heat, flies, red dust.... did I mention red dust?! We loved it!
Back in Kununurra, we drove through the Ivanhoe Crossing again (once wasn't obviously enough!), visited Lake Argyle and flew over the Argyle Diamond Mine, Ord River Irrigation Farming, Diversion Dam, Lake Argyle and onto the Bungle Bungles.
We still have more of the Gibb River Road to visit having only been about half way on it before hitting the Kalumburu Road. We hope to complete the rest (or most of it) after Nige returns from the States. By then the girls and I should be tired of the pool and playground at the campground at Kununurra and forgotten how the red dust gets into everything!!
