Day 85: Sunday - Kununurra

We have spent 3 days in Kununurra and I can not describe how beautiful and peaceful the place is. We are staying @ the Hidden Vally Caravan Park which backs onto the Mirima National Park.  There is so much to see and do, we visited the sandlewood farm which is on the same road as the CV park, this Indian Sandlewood Farm took 15 years of government research before it was even planted and the trees take another 15 years to harvest which is still another 3 years away, certainly not a quick get rich plan, when they do eventually harvest the trees the oil they produce is highly sort after as high class perfume base . After the sandlewood farm we had a look at the Celebrity Park and Lily Lagoon.

                                                                  Lily Lagoon

                                        I asked Nev if there were any crocs,he doesn't know

                                                  A bit of rock art in Celebrity Park

                                                            A Boab tree in the park

                                                                        Big isn't it

                                               Part of Mirima NP behind Hidden Valley CP
The following photos were taken on our afternoon walk into the national park behind the caravan park.

                                                                 A bower bird and bower

Saturday we drove to Emma Gorge and El Questro where we walked the hour up Emma Gorge had a swim then returned, all up it took about 2.75 hours and I managed it OK, no problems with the knee.  The following photos show a small part of the gorge but they do not describe the sounds of the bubbling brook and the wildlife or the waterfall at the end.

                                                       Notice the wave pattern on thr rock

                                              One of the pools on the walk up Emma Gorge

                                    The pool at the end of the walk, it was freezing but very refreshing

Behind the rock to the right is where the hot spring comes into the pool however it only warms the top 2 cm of water before it becomes very cold water again.

                             

                                                                   The bubbling brook

                                                        The restaurant @ El Questro
Sunday we had a look at a Zebra rock gallery then watching the sun set from Kelly's Knob which is a lookout near the caravan park.

                                                  A tree growing out of the rock on Kelly's knob.

We are going to Lake Argyle tomorrow and I'm not sure if there is internet coverage so if you don't here from us for the next week we're still Ok. That's all for now take care.

Day 83:Friday - Kununurra

 
 



 Mick, Marianne, Kathy & Peter

Chris, Nev & Brian

The above photos were taken @ McMinns Lagoon Humpty Doo
with some of our friends watching the bird life

 

Sunrise @ TENRR

 

Sunrise @ TENRR through the smoke haze



I know it's been a long time since our last update and I apologise for that but we didn't have all that much to tell.

We left Darwin on Wednesday 24/8/11 not too early as we were only going as far as Katherine and a little bit more, our first night stop was a free camp @ Limestone Creek 58 klm SW of Katherine, it is a lovely little spot as you can tell by the photos.

We stopped at Timber Creek for fuel where we pulled into the first service station which turned out to be beneficial to us as the next service station which was only about 30 mtrs up the road was 7 cents/ltr more than we paid so that was a saving for us.

The next place we stopped was Victoria River Roadhouse where we walked back onto the bridge to take photos, they are spectacular, it was also where we saw our first wild fresh water crocodile.



Not sure if these tracks are crocodile or kangaroo?



Some of the wildflowers





There are fish in here, remember that I was on a bridge 8 mts above.



Our next night stopover was another free camp @ a place called Saddle Creek, where we had the pleasure of meeting up with another couple that had stayed at the sameplace as us the night before.



The escarpment when we arrived @ Saddle Creek





The escarpment @sunset



Notice the change in colour due to the sun setting

That's all for today I'll be back tomorrow to fill in the gaps, 'til then take care and stay warm