Kununurra and Surrounds.

We headed off to Kununurra from Litchfield to prepare for the Gibb River Road, this involved doing a bit of backtracking to Katherine and off to the West. We took a couple of days to do the trip as we aren't in any hurry, can't rush these things you know! ;-). The aim is to get over to the west and look for work in either Broome or Derby.

We arrived in Kununurra to find the town packed full of 4WD's and caravans, we thought it would be busy but it was ridiculous. There were no spots in the caravan parks anywhere to be had, the best we could do was one nights accommodation, the next day! We ended up going to the show grounds where there was a big rig patch there and got in, we stayed for 2 nights, serviced the car and restocked, caught up on bills and addressed those.....

Kununurra is a lovely place that has the best fruit and veggies. The soil here is supposed to be excellent to grow in and there is heaps of water from the Ord River. There are heaps of mango plantations, cotton, sandalwood and fruit and veggie farms. You can go and visit them and purchase their produce right from the barn door, fresh as you like! This will be the place we will come back to if we are unsuccessful in getting work in Broome or Derby, plenty of work here.

While we were here we popped up to Wyndham, north of Kununurra and the most northern point of WA. We visited the croc farm and had a ball, the guy that owns it is a real card and he had some great stories to tell. As we were going to look at the crocs a lady passed us with a crate of baby salties. We were lucky enough to have a hold of one as they don't normally let people handle the crocs. Trace was not too keen to grab one but did to her credit. Funny times! We also went to the five rivers lookout where the Ord, Pentecost, Durack, King and Rivers empty into the Cambridge Gulf then onto the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Spectacular view.






Gibb River Road here we come!